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Acanthococcus acutispinatus (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Eriococcus acutispinatus Hoy 1962: 33, 36. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Motueka, on Coprosma sp., 26/12/1923, by G. Brittin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
Acanthococcus acutispinatus (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 598. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Rubiaceae

Coprosma | Hoy1962

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

New Zealand

South Island | Hoy1962

Keys

Hoy1962: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Eriococcus species of New Zealand]

Remarks

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae covering most of dorsum; enlarged setae with broad base, narrowing rapidly to acute apex; outer seta of anal lobes smaller than setae on mesal margin (Hoy, 1962).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).

Illustrations

Citations

Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 33, 36
Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 68
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 97
MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 116-117
Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 96