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Acanthococcus jorgenseni (Morrison, 1919) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Eriococcus jorgenseni Morrison 1919: 73-74. Type data: ARGENTINA: Misiones, Bomplana, Concordia, on Myricia apiculate, ?/12/1910. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: The original description gives the hosts as "Myricia apiculate" and "Myrtaccous plant" and on "an unstated host." Lizer y Trelles (1939) clarified some of these hosts by giving Myrcia apiculata and Psidium guajava as the hosts of this species. Illustr.
Nidularia jorgenseni (Morrison, 1919); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
Acanthococcus jorgenseni (Morrison, 1919); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 601. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

GonzalClJu2020: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species from Brazil]
GonzalNi2014: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Acanthococcus in Argentina]
KozarKo2008: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus found in this survey] Key as: Acanthococcus
Morris1919: pp.69 ( Adult (F) ) [South American species of Eriococcus] Key as: Eriococcus jorgenseni

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, apices rounded, all of approximately same size, abundant over dorsal surface (Morrison, 1919).
Structure: Sac of female is elongate, white. Adult female is dark reddish in color and giving off a wine colored stain when boiled in KOH (Morrison, 1919). Additional morphological characters after Kozár and Konczné Benedicty (2008): i) enlarged ventral setae numerous along margin and submargin ventral; ii) anal lobes with inner anterior dorsal setae longest, inner posterior and outer setae about same long; iii) microtubular ducts type A and B present on dorsum, absent on venter; iv) cruciform pores on submarginal and marginal bands along venter; v) macrotubular ducts symmetrical, similar in size to dorsal ducts present throughout and narrow ducts sparse on ventral abdomen. (Gonzalez, et al., 2020)
General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Morrison (1919).