Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus glanduliferus (Balachowsky, 1933) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus glanduliferus Balachowsky 1933: 36-38. Type data: FRANCE: Salins de Badon, on Salicornia fruticosa, 06/08/1930, by A. Balachowsky. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: There are six slides containing nine specimens deposited in the MNHN (Matile-Ferrero, personal communication, November 20, 1996).
• Nidularia glanduliferus (Balachowsky, 1933); Lindinger 1936: 156. change of combination
• Acanthococcus glanduliferus (Balachowsky, 1933); Kozár & Walter 1985: 74. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.75-77 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, apices rounded or truncate, marginal setae noticeably larger than other dorsal setae, forming marginal line around body, lateral area of each abdominal segment with 1 or 2 setae (Balachowsky, 1933).
• Structure: Adult female is globular and elongate. Ovisac is globular, white or gray (Balachowsky, 1933).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description by Balachowsky (1933). Redescription and illustration in Kozar, et al., 2013.

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