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Coccus hesperidum  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200856

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): brown soft scale [English]
  
    Cochinilla blanda de los agrios [Spanish]
  
    conchuela blanda [Spanish]
  
    conchuela blanda de los citrus [Spanish]
  
    The Coccus of the greenhouses [English]
  
    qenima huma raqa
 
    Chermes des hespérides [French]
  
    cocciniglia degli agrumi [Italian]
  
    myagkaya lozhnoschitovka
 
    Orangenfägad sköldlus
 
    Orangenschildlaus
 
    sagte dopluis
 
    yumusak kosnil
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyCoccidae Fallén, 1814 – soft scales, wax scales, tortoise scales  
                                           GenusCoccus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                              SpeciesCoccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758 – brown soft scale, Cochinilla blanda de los agrios, conchuela blanda, conchuela blanda de los citrus, The Coccus of the greenhouses, qenima huma raqa, Chermes des hespérides, cocciniglia degli agrumi, myagkaya lozhnoschitovka, Orangenfägad sköldlus, Orangenschildlaus, sagte dopluis, yumusak kosnil  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SubspeciesCoccus hesperidum hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758  
                                                 SubspeciesCoccus hesperidum javanensis (Newstead, 1908)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Coccus hesperidum   
       
  Source: ScaleNet, 8/2024, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Coccus hesperidum, brown soft scale [English], The Coccus of the greenhouses [English], Orangenfägad sköldlus, Chermes des hespérides [French], Orangenschildlaus, cocciniglia degli agrumi [Italian], conchuela blanda de los citrus [Spanish], yumusak kosnil, myagkaya lozhnoschitovka, qenima huma raqa, sagte dopluis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ben-Dov, Yair   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)   
  Page(s): xxviii + 536   
  Publisher: Sandhill Crane Press, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Gainesville, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-877743-13-5   
  Notes: Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 9   
  Reference for: Coccus hesperidum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hodgson, C. J., and R. C. Henderson   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Coccidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fauna of New Zealand, no. 41   
  Page(s): 264   
  Publisher: Manaaki Whenua Press   
  Publication Place: Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-478-09335-7, 0111-5383  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Coccus hesperidum   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Caribbean  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    North America  
    Oceania  
    South America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Hawaii, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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