Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus dacrydii (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus dacrydii Hoy 1962: 66-67. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, Waithui Saddle, on Dacrydium colensoi, 11/02/1960, by J.M. Hoy. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Acanthococcus dacrydii (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- North Island | Hoy1962
Keys
- Hoy1962: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand species of Eriococcidae]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae short, conical, with rounded apices, marginal setae slightly larger than other setae on dorsum, medial area of abdomen without enlarged setae (Hoy, 1962).
- Structure: Female forms a felted sac (Hoy, 1962).
- Biology: Female sac occurs on host plant stems and also in the leaf scales of Dacrydium species (Hoy, 1962).
- General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).
Illustrations
Citations
- Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32, 66
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 84
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 600
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 184-185
- Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 97
