Valid Names Results
Abditicoccus acaciae (Brain, 1918) (Asterolecaniidae: Abditicoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Amorphococcus acaciae Brain 1918: 112. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal, Pretoria, from stems of Acacia sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (LambdiKo1975,316). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Abditicoccus acaciae (Brain, 1918); Lambdin & Kosztarab 1975: 316. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fabaceae
- Acacia | Brain1918 LambdiKo1975
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- South Africa | Brain1918 LambdiKo1975
Keys
- XuNiWu2022: pp.410 ( Adult (F) ) [Asterolecaniidae that induce galls]
Remarks
- Structure: The females of this species induces a flatl, circular, blister-like galls on the stems of Acacia sp. (Brain, 1918). A photograph of the galls given by Brain (1918) and by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1975).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1975).
Illustrations
Citations
- Brain1918: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 112-113
- Giliom2001: distribution, 86
- GiliomKo2008: distribution, host, 277
- GullanMiCo2005: distribution, host, life history, structure, 173-178
- LambdiKo1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 316-318
- LambdiKo1975a: taxonomy, 377
- XuNiWu2022: key, 410
