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Eremococcus Ferris, 1919, Canad. Ent. 51 : 252. 



type-species : Spliaerococcus pirogallis Maskell, 1894, by original designa- 

 tion and monotypy. 



The describer did not snggest any close relationships for this genus. Its type- 

 species was redescribed by Morrison and Morrison, 1922 : 38, but their only 

 suggestion was a possible relationship with Asterolecaniidae. Borchsenius, 

 1960d : 88, agreed with this concept tentatively, suggesting that this genus may 

 represent a third branch of that family. 



Eremohallaspis Boclenlieimer, 1951, Ent. Ber. 13 : 330. 



type-species : Coccomytilus farsetiae Hall, 1926, by original designation and 

 monotypy. 



Balachowsky, 1954e : 22, 26, 157-158, accepted this genus as zoologically valid 

 and assigned it to his Lepidosaphedina. 



Ericerus Guerin-Meneville, 1858, Soc. Ent. de France Bui. (3) 6: 

 lxvii; Signoret, 1874, Soc. Ent. de France Ann. (5) 4: 90. 



type-species : Coccus ceriferus Fabricius [i.e. ceriferus of Anderson] as a 

 misidentification by Guerin-Meneville of Coccus pela Chavannes, 1848, 

 by monotypy. 



This name was presented by Guerin-Meneville as subgenus of Coccus Linnaeus, 

 and with the single included species, which clearly was misidentified since he 

 wrote of an insect which produces wax in China, while Fabricius referred to an 

 Indian wax-producing insect. The original presentation by Guerin-Meneville 

 did not seem to include any material that can be characterized as positively de- 

 scriptive, or any indication that can give substance to Guerin-Meneville's 

 presentation of the name for a valid genus. Therefore it appears to have ac- 

 quired nomenclatorial status only after its listing in Signoret's preliminary 

 coccid catalog, 1869 : 864, and solid zoological standing after Signoret presented 

 his descriptive discussion of both genus and species, although Targioni-Tozzetti, 

 1866 : 140, did comment on this coccid briefly under the name "Pela cerifera nob." 

 Regardless of any possible technicalities, this genus has stood as "Ericerus 

 Guerin-Meneville, 1858" for so many years (90 plus) that we believe it should 

 be accepted as permanent in such association. 



Eriocerus Cotes, 1891, Indian Mus. Notes 2 : 91. 

 A lapsus for Ericerus Guerin-Meneville. 



Eriochitin MacGillivray, 1921, The Coccidae, pp. 168, 175. 

 A lapsus for Eriochiton Maskell. 



Eriochiton Maskell, 1887, New Zeal. Inst. Trans, and Proc. (1886) 

 19 : 46. 



type-spectes : Eriochiton liispidus Maskell, 1887, by subsequent designation 

 of Fernald, 1903b : 127. 



Morrison and Morrison, 1922 : 63, redescribed this type-species and genus, and 

 stated, incorrectly, that hispidus was the only species included in the genus by 

 Maskell. The genus belongs in the Coccidae (str.), in the group of genera 

 having the adult female enclosed in a felted test or sac. 



