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''Coccus'', from Ancient Greek κόκκος (''kókkos''), meaning "sphere", is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. Several species, such as ''Coccus viridis'', a major pest of coffee, are major agricultural pests. The type species is ''Coccus hesperidum'' Linnaeus.


Species

* ''Coccus acaciae'' (Newstead, 1917) * ''Coccus bromeliae'' Bouché, 1833 * ''Coccus capparidis'' (Green, 1904) * ''Coccus celatus'' De Lotto, 1960 * ''Coccus gymnospori'' (Green, 1908) * ''Coccus hesperidum'' Linnaeus, 1758, the brown soft scale * ''Coccus longulus'' (Douglas, 1887) * ''Coccus penangensis'' Morrison, 1921 * ''Coccus pseudelongatus'' (Brain, 1920) * ''Coccus pseudohesperidum'' (Cockerell, 1895) * ''Coccus pseudomagnoliarum'' (Kuwana, 1914) * ''Coccus formicarii'' (Green, 1896) * ''Coccus viridis'' (Green, 1889)


Former species

* ''Coccus aceris'' Fabricius, 1794 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus alni'' Modeer, 1778 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus arens'' Hodgson, 1968 synonym for ''Coccus capparidis'' (Green, 1904) * ''Coccus arundinariae'' Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''Maacoccus arundinariae'' (Green, 1904) * ''Coccus bauhini'' Targioni Tozzetti, 1867 synonym for ''Kermes ilicis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus bicruciatus'' Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''Maacoccus bicruciatus'' (Green, 1904) * ''Coccus cacti'' Cockerell, 1893 synonym for ''Dactylopius coccus'' Costa, 1829 * ''Coccus celticum'' Takahashi, 1955 synonym for ''Coccus longulus'' (Douglas, 1887) * ''Coccus celtium'' Sasscer, 1911 synonym for ''Coccus longulus'' (Douglas, 1887) * ''Coccus coffeae'' Kirkaldy, 1902 synonym for ''Saissetia coffeae'' (Walker, 1852) * ''Coccus cypraeola'' Dalman, 1826 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus deltae'' Corseuil & Barbosa, 1971 synonym for ''Parthenolecanium perlatum'' (Cockerell, 1898) * ''Coccus diversipes'' Cockerell, 1905 synonym for ''Kilifia diversipes'' (Cockerell, 1905) * ''Coccus elongatus'' Sanders, 1909 synonym for ''Coccus longulus'' (Douglas, 1887) * ''Coccus fagi'' Baerensprung, 1849 ambiguous synonym for ''Cryptococcus fagisuga'' Lindinger, 1936 * ''Coccus fagi'' Walker, 1852 ambiguous synonym for ''Cryptococcus fagisuga'' Lindinger, 1936 * ''Coccus ficus'' Fernald, 1903 synonym for ''Coccus longulus'' (Douglas, 1887) * ''Coccus frontalis'' Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''Coccus longulus'' (Douglas, 1887) * ''Coccus fuscus'' Gmelin, 1790 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus iceryi'' Tao et al., 1983 synonym for ''Pulvinaria iceryi'' (Signoret, 1869) * ''Coccus ilicis'' Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for ''Kermes ilicis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus impar'' Bodkin, 1917 synonym for ''Mesolecanium impar'' (Cockerell, 1898) * ''Coccus lacca'' Kerr, 1782 synonym for ''Kerria lacca'' (Kerr, 1782) * ''Coccus mali'' Schrank, 1781 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus marsupialis'' Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''Marsipococcus marsupialis'' (Green, 1904) * ''Coccus namunakuli'' Ali, 1971 synonym for ''Parlatoria namunakuli'' (Green, 1922) * ''Coccus perlatus'' Fernald, 1903 synonym for ''Parthenolecanium perlatum'' (Cockerell, 1898) * ''Coccus polonicus'' Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for ''Porphyrophora polonica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus pyri'' Schrank, 1801 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus radicum'' Beckmann, 1790 synonym for ''Porphyrophora polonica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus rubi'' Schrank, 1801 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus salicum'' Fabricius, 1781 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus tiliae'' Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Coccus xylostei'' Schrank, 1801 synonym for ''Eulecanium tiliae'' (Linnaeus, 1758)


References

Coccidae Sternorrhyncha genera {{Coccidae-stub