New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species
Author
Miller, Douglass R.
0000-0003-4909-8654
rtchok@gmail.com
Author
Stocks, Ian C.
0000-0003-2871-1042
tocks@usda.gov
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-12-15
5221
1
1
213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
journal article
54553
10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1
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1175-5326
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Ovaticoccus davesmithi
(Miller & Stocks)
comb. n.
Oregmopyga davesmithi
Miller and Stocks 2017: 807–822
.
The justification for treating
Oregmopyga
as a junior synonym of
Ovaticoccus
, leading to this new species combination, is provided in the “Notes” section that follows the generic description above.
Etymology:
The species epithet “
davesmithi
”
was named in honor of Dave Smith, Systematic Entomology Laboratory,
United States
Department of Agriculture,
Washington
, D.C.,
USA
, in recognition of his numerous scientific achievements.