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Vinculaspis Ferris, 1942, Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America 

 (ser.4) [v.4]:SIV-423. 



type-species: Trigonaspis inclusa Ferris, 1941, by substitution of Vinculas- 

 pis for Trigonaspis Ferris. 



The author presented this name as a substitute for Trigonaspis Ferris, 

 preoccupied. 



Vinsonia Signoret, 1872, Soc. Ent. de France Ann. (ser. 5) 1: 423; 

 1872, (ser.5)2:33. 



type-species : (Vinsonia pulcliella Signoret, 1892) = Coccus stellifer West- 

 wood, 1871, by monotypy. 



The author described this genus as very close to Ceroplastes Gray. Lindinger, 

 1937 : 198, placed the name in synonymy with Ceroplastes. Other authors have 

 accepted it as a distinct genus. 



Visonia Ashmead, 1891, Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 18 : 99. 

 A lapsus for Vinsonia Signoret. 



Vitacoccus Sehacek, 1954, Casopis Moravskeho Mus. Vedy pf ir. 39 : 



141. 



A lapsus for Vittacoccus Borchsenius. 



Vittacoccus Borchsenius, 1952, Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst. Trudy 

 12:271. 



type-species: Lecanopsis longicornis Green, 1916, by original designation and 

 monotypy. 



The author placed this genus in the Filippiinae, Coccidae (str.), close to 

 Lecanopsis Targioni-Tozzetti and JExaeretopus Newstead. 



Volvicoccus Goux, 1945, Marseille Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Bui. [n.v. (v. 

 5?)] (1-2): 30. 



type- species : Volvicoccus volvifer Goux, 1945, by original designation and 

 monotypy. 



The author presented this as a subgenus of Trionymus Berg. Its zoological 

 status remains unsettled pending study of related forms in the Pseudococcidae. 



Voraspis Hall, 1946, Roy. Ent, Soc., London, Trans. 97 : 499, 539. 



type-species : Chionaspis carpenteri Laing, 1929, by original designation. 



The author referred this genus to the Diaspidini close to Phenacaspis Cock- 

 erell. Balachowsky, 1954e : 356, placed it in his Diaspidina, group II, chionaspi- 

 form. Borchsenius and Williams, 1963, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. Bui. 13: 

 370, confirmed its identity and noted its closeness to Rolaspis Hall. 



Walkerana Lindinger, 1937, Ent. Jahrb. 46, 198. 

 An emendation of Walkeriana Signoret. 



