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Acalyptococcus Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1977 (Eriococcidae)

Acalyptococcus Lambdin & Kosztarab 1977: 245. Type species: Acalyptococcus eugeniae Lambdin & Kosztarab by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Generic characteristics that distinguish this genus from all other eriococcids are: the possession of segmental rows of bisclerotic, bifurcate microtubular ducts; dorsal setae primarily unenlarged; absence of macrotubular ducts; presence of cruciform pores (Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1977). Acalyptococcus seems to be most closely related to Scutare (Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1977). In Kozár, et al., 2013, Acalyptococcus was placed in the family, Acanthococcidae Signoret, 1875, but is here kept in Eriococcidae because placement of species.outside of the palaearctic are unclear.
Structure: Adult female pyriform, reddish brown in color and rests on a cushion of fluffy, white wax, not completely enclosing female body. (Kozar, et al., 2013)
Biology: Species of this genus have been found protected by the shelter of ants (Camponotus sp.) and on Bambusa sp., Perotis indica and Perotis sp. (Kozar, et al., 2013)
General Remarks: Detailed description in Kozar, et al., 2013.

HodgsoMi2010: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, pp. 6-8
KozarKaKo2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, pp. 9, 64-71
LambdiKo1977: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 245
MillerGi2000: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 19