A Taxonomic Note on Lecanium vaccinii macrocarpum nomen dubium Status

Authors

Rhys J. L. Campo, Florida State Collection of ArthropodsFollow
Barbara D. Denno, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricltural Research Service, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, MarylandFollow
Douglass R. Miller, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricltural Research Service, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, MarylandFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2025

Citation

Insecta Mundi (January 31, 2025) 1101

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A7F62908-80A0-41ED-9B79-1AAD64C3BA04

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

Lecanium vaccinii macrocarpum Goethe, 1884 (Hemiptera: Coccidae) is a subspecies of which the original description is inconsistent with its current taxonomic placement, and its recorded synonymy with other species is questionable. The original type material is likely lost or destroyed. For these reasons, L. vaccinii macrocarpum is proposed to be treated as nomen dubium.