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chowsky, 1958b: 205-207, placed it in the Aspidiotina, Aspidiotini, close to 

 Melanaspis Cockerell. 



Mycetococcus Ferris, 1918, Canad. Ent. 50 : 330. 



type-species : Cerococcus chrhorni Cockerell, 1895o : 255, by original designa- 

 tion. 



The author assigned this genus to the Asterolecaniini, Dactylopiinae. 



Mycococcus Ferris, 1952, Microentomology 17 : 2. 



type-species : Mycococcus copernicae Ferris, 1952, by original designation. 

 The author placed this genus in the Asterolecaniidae. 



Myrtophila Brimblecombe, 1957, Queensland Jour. Agr. Sci. 14 : 264. 



type-species : Myrtophila curvata Brimblecombe, 1957, by original designa- 

 tion. 



The author placed this genus in the Aspidiotini, related to Pseudotargionia 

 Lindinger, Xeomorgania MacGillivray, and Mimeraspis Brimblecombe. 



Mytalaspis Cooke, 1881, Treatise on Insects Injurious to Fruit and 

 Fruit Trees of California, p. 37. 

 A lapsus for Mytilaspis Targioni-Tozzetti. 



Mytiella Hoke, 1921, Ent, Soc. Amer. Ann. 14 : 341. 

 A lapsus for Mytilella Leonardi. 



Mytilapsis Cockerell, 1897, Jamaica Bot. Dept. Bui. (n.s.) 4: 108. 

 A lapsus for Mytilaspis Targioni-Tozzetti. 



Mytilaspis Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868, (separate) Soc. Ital. di Sci. Nat 

 Atti 11 : 44; 1869, 11 : 737; Signoret, 1869, Soc. Ent. de France Ann. 

 (1868) (ser.4) 8: 841; 1870, (ser.4) 10:91. 



type-species : {Coccus concliiformis Gmelin, 1798) =Coccus ulmi Linnaeus, 

 1758, by Signoret indication. 



The proper orientation of Mytilaspis and its type-species remains a problem. 

 Through the years it has been credited equally to Targioni-Tozzetti and Signoret. 

 In our search of entomological literature we have failed to find evidence to sup- 

 port the Signoret allegation of the publication of Mytilaspis by Targioni-Toz- 

 zetti and Signoret prior to the appearance of Lepidosaplics Shimer in January 

 1868. We conclude that Lepidosaplics has priority over Mytilaspis. Mytilaspis 

 appeared in a large number of coccid papers published prior to the Fermi Id 

 Catalogue, 1903b, where it was placed as a synonyn of Lepidosaplics. Lindinger, 

 1936 : 149, gave the first formal designation of a type-species of Mytilaspis naming 

 linearis Targioni-Tozzetti. Ferris, 1937a: 4, selected Aspidiotua pomorum 

 Bouche. Both of these names are generally accepted as synonyms of Coccus ulmi 

 Linnaeus, 1758. 



