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synonymy. Schmutterer, 1952 : 400, considered this coccid under the name 

 Phenacoccus comari (Kunow) with recognition of Lindinger's placement. An old 

 preparation in the U.S. National Collection of Coccoidea, from Montpelier, by 

 Richter, is probably authentic. It shows the adult female of the type-species 

 to be a mealybug of the Phenacoccus series, and the body shape and such char- 

 acters as can be seen check very well with the Schmutterer figures. The an- 

 tennae are missing but two cicatrices are plainly visible. As of now, it seems 

 best to consider that Schmutterer's 1952 description applies to Tetrura rubi 

 Lichtenstein. This places the species in the aceris section (with multiple cir- 

 culi) of Phenacoccus, and makes Tetrura Lichtenstein, preoccupied, a synonym 

 of Phenacoccus Cockerell. 



Thekes [Crawford MS] Maskell, 1892, !S T ew Zeal. Inst. Trans, and 

 Proc. (1891) 24:28. 



type-species : Acanthococcus multispinus Maskell, 1879, by original designa- 

 tion. 



Maskell, in comments following his description of "Eriococcus eucalypti" 

 noted that the species had appeared in Crawford's collection as "Thekes 

 eucalypti" He placed it in the section of Eriococcus Targioni-Tozzetti of which 

 E. multispinus was the type. Cockerell, 1897p : 589, and 1899m : 276, listed 

 Thekes as a subgeneric name in Eriococcus, citing eucalypti as type. Morrison 

 and Morrison, 1922 : 26, considered Thekes doubtfully distinct from Eriococcus, 

 and Ferris, 1955a : 94, and 1957c : 85, placed the name definitely as a synonym of 

 Eriococcus. Hoy, 1963, New Zeal. Dept. Sci. and Indus. Res. Bu3. 150: 62, con- 

 firmed this. 



Thymaspis Sulc, 1934, Acta Soc. Sci. Nat. Morav., 9(3) (Signatura 

 F 79): 2, 18. 

 type-species : Thymaspis fusca Sulc, 1934, by monotypy. 



Ferris, 1937d: 105, placed this name as a synonym of Rhisaspidiotus Mac- 

 Gillivray and fusca as a synonym of Aspidiotus artemisiae Hall. Balachowsky, 

 1951 : 650, accepted this placement. Bodenheimer, 1952 : 343, considered the 

 genus aspidiotine in type but not identical with Rhizaspidiotus. 



Thysanaspis Ferris, 1955, Microentomology 20 : 30. 



type-species : Thysanaspis acalyptus Ferris, 1955, by monotypy. 



The author, uncertain as to the position of this genus within the Biaspididae, 

 grouped it with Anotaspis Ferris and Radionaspis Ferris as exhibiting great re- 

 duction of the characters available for generic separation. Balacbowsky, 1958b : 

 335, placed it in the Leucaspidina. Takagi, 1961a : 94-95, 101, commented on the 

 uncertainty of its affinities but believed them to lie with the Diaspidini. 



Thysanococcus Stickney, 1934, U.S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bui. 404: 116. 



type-species : Thysanococcus chinensis Stickney, 1934, by original designa- 

 tion. 



The author placed this genus in his Phoenicoeoccini, which he considered, 

 tentatively, as a part of the diaspine assemblage. 



