Coccus (insect)

Coccus is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. Several species, such as Coccus viridis, a major pest of coffee, are major agricultural pests. The type species is Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus.

Species

 * Coccus acaciae (Newstead, 1917)
 * Coccus bromeliae Bouché, 1833
 * Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904)
 * Coccus celatus De Lotto, 1960
 * Coccus gymnospori (Green, 1908)
 * Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758, the brown soft scale
 * Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
 * Coccus penangensis Morrison, 1921
 * Coccus pseudelongatus (Brain, 1920)
 * Coccus pseudohesperidum (Cockerell, 1895)
 * Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914)
 * Coccus formicarii (Green, 1896)
 * Coccus viridis (Green, 1889)

Former species

 * Coccus aceris Fabricius, 1794 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus alni Modeer, 1778 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus arens Hodgson, 1968 synonym for Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904)
 * Coccus arundinariae Sanders, 1906 synonym for Maacoccus arundinariae (Green, 1904)
 * Coccus bauhini Targioni Tozzetti, 1867 synonym for Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus bicruciatus Sanders, 1906 synonym for Maacoccus bicruciatus (Green, 1904)
 * Coccus cacti Cockerell, 1893 synonym for Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1829
 * Coccus celticum Takahashi, 1955 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
 * Coccus celtium Sasscer, 1911 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
 * Coccus coffeae Kirkaldy, 1902 synonym for Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852)
 * Coccus cypraeola Dalman, 1826 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus deltae Corseuil & Barbosa, 1971 synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell, 1898)
 * Coccus diversipes Cockerell, 1905 synonym for Kilifia diversipes (Cockerell, 1905)
 * Coccus elongatus Sanders, 1909 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
 * Coccus fagi Baerensprung, 1849 ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
 * Coccus fagi Walker, 1852 ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
 * Coccus ficus Fernald, 1903 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
 * Coccus frontalis Sanders, 1906 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
 * Coccus fuscus Gmelin, 1790 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus iceryi Tao et al., 1983 synonym for Pulvinaria iceryi (Signoret, 1869)
 * Coccus ilicis Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus impar Bodkin, 1917 synonym for Mesolecanium impar (Cockerell, 1898)
 * Coccus lacca Kerr, 1782 synonym for Kerria lacca (Kerr, 1782)
 * Coccus mali Schrank, 1781 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus marsupialis Sanders, 1906 synonym for Marsipococcus marsupialis (Green, 1904)
 * Coccus namunakuli Ali, 1971 synonym for Parlatoria namunakuli (Green, 1922)
 * Coccus perlatus Fernald, 1903 synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell, 1898)
 * Coccus polonicus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus pyri Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus radicum Beckmann, 1790 synonym for Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus rubi Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus salicum Fabricius, 1781 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus tiliae Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coccus xylostei Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)