Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus corniculatus (Ferris, 1950) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus corniculatus Ferris 1950: 7. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, near Kunming, An-lin-wen-chian, on Ternstroemia japonica var. wightii, 27/04/1949, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Proteriococcus corniculatus (Ferris, 1950); Yang 1982: 101. change of combination Illustr.
- Acanthococcus corniculatus (Ferris, 1950); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination
- Eriococcus cornicilatus Ferris, 1950; Wang 2001: 216. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Ternstroemia gymnanthera | Ferris1950 Hua2000 Tao1999 | including var. wightii (= Ternstroemia japonica var. wightii)
- Ternstroemia japonica | Hua2000
- Theaceae
- Camellia oleifera | Wang1982c
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- China
- Yunnan | Ferris1950
Keys
- KozarKaKo2013: pp.75-77 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus]
- Wang2001: pp.208 ( ) [Key to Eriococcus of China] Key as: Eriococcus corniculatus
- TangHa1995: pp.450, 647 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus corniculatus
- Wang1982c: pp.143 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus corniculaturs
- Wang1982ZQ: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species of China] Key as: Eriococcus corniculatus
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae elongate, nearly cylindrical, apices rounded, all approximately same size on dorsal surface; microtubular ducts with bifid orifice; abdominal apex with weakly sclerotized plate (Ferris, 1950).
- Structure: Adult female has distinctive minute horns on the dorsal surface. Sac is unusual and white. Adult female ovoid (Ferris, 1950).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1950). Redescription and illustration in Kozar, et al., 2013.
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1970a: catalog, distribution, host, 76
- Borchs1960e: distribution, host, taxonomy, 916
- Ferris1950: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 7
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 82
- Hua2000: distribution, host, 137,138
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 91
- KozarKaKo2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 105-107
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 600
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 175-176
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 450, 465, 592, 647
- Tao1999: distribution, host, 32
- Wang1974: taxonomy, 329
- Wang1982ZQ: description, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41, 46
- Wang1982c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41, 46, 143, 147-148
- Wang2001: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 208, 213-214, 216
- Yang1982: distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 101, 103, 405