A taxonomic note on Lecanium vaccinii macrocarpum Goethe, 1884 (Hemiptera: Coccidae): Rationale for nomen dubium status
Rhys J. L. Campo
Division of Plant Industry, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
Barbara D. Denno
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Rm. 328, Bldg. 003, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Douglas R. Miller
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Rm. 328, Bldg. 003, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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.
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