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and involved history of this classificatory unit, we have found no type indication 

 prior to that presented in Lindingers 1937 list of coccid genera. Riibsaamen 

 did not himself refer to pileata. Ferris, 1957b : 66, 1957c : 84, assigned the genus 

 to the Eriococcidae. Hoy, 1963, New Zeal. Dept. Sci. and Indus. Res. Bui. 150 : 

 6, agreed. 



Apterococcus Newstead, 1898, Ent. Monthly Mag. 31 : 97. 



type-species : Ripersia fraxini Newstead, 1891, by monotypy. 



It seems reasonably established that this name is a synonym. Lindinger, 

 1937: 179, and Borchsenius, 1949: 365, concluded that Newstead's species is 

 identical with Chermes (?) fraxini Kaltenbach, 1860, which Nitsche, 1895: 1249, 

 made the type of his genus Pseitdochermes. Ferris, 1955a : 178, reviewed the 

 problem of proper association but was unable to arrive at an acceptable conclu- 

 sion. Later, he, 1957c: 88, tentatively followed Lindinger and Borchsenius in 

 placing it as a synonym of Pseudochermes, which he assigned to his Eriococcidae, 

 but raised a question as to the separation of this and Gymnococcus Douglas (now 

 Ovaticoccus Kloet on account of preoccupation of Gymnococcus) . We are not 

 able to offer a critical opinion on this problem. 



Apteronidia Berlese, 1895, Riv. di Patol. Veg. (1896) 4 : 80. 



type-species : Aonidia olanchardi Targioni-Tozzetti, 1892, by original desig- 

 nation and monotypy. 



The author first proposed this genus in a footnote discussion of Targioni- 

 Tozzetti's assignment of certain species to the genus Aonidia Targioni-Tozzetti. 

 It has had a varying status as a coccidological unit since its proposal, with most 

 workers placing the name as a synonym of Parlatoria Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868. 

 These, among more recent coccid students, include Stickney 1934a, Ferris 1936a, 

 Morrison 1939a, McKenzie 1945, Borchsenius 1950b, and Balachowsky 1953g. 

 In contrast, Lindinger, 1937: 179, recognized the genus as a valid zoological 

 unit and placed several proposed coccid generic names in synonymy under it. 

 Ghauri, 1962 : 214, on the basis of his study of adult male diaspidids, suggested 

 the validity of its generic separation from Parlatoria, but did not actually make 

 this formal separation. 



Arauearicoccus Brimblecombe, 1960, Queensland Jour. Agr. Sci. 17 : 

 183. 



type-species : Arauearicoccus quecnslandicus Brimblecombe, 1960, by orig- 

 inal designation and monotypy. 



The author suggested a relationship to Matsucoccus Cockerell in the Margaro- 

 didae for this genus. 



Archangelskaia Bodenheimer, 1951, Ent. Ber. 13 : 331. 



type-species : Parlatoria ephedrae Lindinger, 1911, by original designation 

 and monotypy. 



The describer indicated that this genus is related to Parlatoria Targioni- 

 Tozzetti. Balachowsky, 1953g: 773, 793, placed the name as a synonym of 

 Parlatoria. 



Archaspis Bodenheimer, 1943, Iraq. Dir.-Gen. Agr. Bui. 28: 25. 

 type-species : Archaspis ephedrae Bodenbeimer, 1943, by monotypy. 



