Coccus (insect)
Coccus is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. It includes species such as Coccus viridis, a major pest of coffee. 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)
