OF THE FAMILY COCCIDAE 7 



authors were not aware of Theron's paper. Theron (1962), in a paper on the same 

 lines as his earlier publication, gave an account of the structure and relationships of 

 the male of Phenacoleachia zealandica (Mask.) and stated that it " ostensibly belongs 

 to the margaroid group ", showing certain similarities to the male of Steingelia. 



MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE 



The males of 23 species, belonging to 19 genera were studied. It was found that 

 the classification of Borchsenius (1957), based upon female characters, was not 

 corroborated by the characters of the male, which revealed different relationships 

 within the family. This will be discussed later and in the list below the species 

 studied are arranged into the suggested four new groups. 



The EULECANIUM Group 



Eidecanium Cockerell, 1896. 



E. tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758). 

 Nemolecanium Borchsenius, 1955. 



N. abietis Borchsenius, 1955. 

 Physokermes Targioni Tozetti, 1868. 



P. piceae (Schrank, 1801). 

 Rhodococcus Borchsenius, 1953. 



R. spiraeae (Borchsenius, 1949). 

 Palaeolecanium Sulc, 1908. 



P. bi tuber cidatum (Targioni Tozetti, 

 1868). 



Phyllostroma Sulc, 1942. 



P. myrlilli (Kaltenbach, 1874). 

 Filippia Targioni Tozetti, 1868. 



F. viburni (Signoret, 1873). 

 Ctenochiton Maskell, 1879. 



C. species. 

 Ericerus Signoret, 1874. 



E. pela (Chavannes, 1848). 

 Genus A species. 

 Sphaerolecanium Sulc, 1908. 



S. prunastri (Fonscolombe, 1834). 



The ERIOPELTIS Group 



Eriopeltis Signoret, 1871. 

 E. species. 

 E. Ifcstucae (Fonscolombe, 1834). 



Luzidaspis Cockerell, 1902. 

 L. luzulae (Dufour, 1864). 



The INGLISIA Group 



Inglisia Maskell, 1879. 



/. thcobromae Newstead, 1917. 



The COCCUS Group 



Coccus Linnaeus, 1758. 



C. hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758. 

 Genus B species (nr. Pidvinaria). 

 Pulvinaria Targioni Tozetti, 1868. 



P. ?betulae (Linnaeus, 1758). 



P. acericola (Walsh & Riley, 1868). 



Parthcnolecanium Sulc, 1908. 



P. corni (Bouche, 1844). 



P. pomeranicum (Kawecki, 1954). 

 Ceroplastes Gray, 1830. 



C. berliniae (Hall, 1931). 



C. species. 



