Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus eucalypti (Maskell, 1892) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus eucalypti Maskell 1892: 27, 28. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Adelaide. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Eriococcus thekes eucalypti Maskell, 1892; Cockerell 1899m: 276. change in status (level)
• Nidularia eucalypti (Maskell, 1892); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
• Acanthococcus eucalypti (Maskell, 1892); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• GullanVr1991: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Australian Eriococcus species on Eucalyptus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae nipple shaped, with rounded apices, all approximately same size and covering dorsum (Morrison & Morrison, 1922) except in posteromedial area of abdomen where few or none are present; microtubular ducts elongate, with no sclerotized area, some ducts associated with bases of enlarged setae; marginal line of oral rim tubular ducts in addition to normal macrotubular ducts (Miller, personal observation, 1999).
• Structure: Sac of adult female yellow or reddish-brown. Sac of male is lighter in color, more cylindrical and much smaller. Adult female is dark purple or almost black. First-instar nymph red, flattish, elliptical and active (Maskell, 1892).
• Economic Importance: This species has been observed to be very destructive to young gum trees (Maskell, 1892).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Maskell (1892). Type information from Deitz & Tocker (1980). Hodgson (2002) used this species in a phylogenetic analysis of non-margarodid Coccoidea.

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