Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus latialis (Leonardi, 1907) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus latialis Leonardi 1907b: 144-147. Type data: ITALY: Marino, near Rome, on undetermined host, by F. Silvestri. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (TranfaEs1985,130). Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Nidularia latialis (Leonardi, 1907); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
• Acanthococcus latialis (Leonardi, 1907); Kozár & Walter 1985: 74. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.75-77 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.450, 647 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus latialis
• TranfaEs1985: pp.116 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species of Italy] Key as: Eriococcus latialis

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, apices rounded, marginal setae on abdomen slightly larger than others, abundant over dorsal surface; anal lobes heavily sclerotized, with teeth on medial margin; microtubular ducts elongate, with 1 sclerotized area (Tranfaglia & Esposito, 1985).
• Structure: Adult female is oval (Leonardi, 1907b).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of first instar and adult female by Leonardi (1907b). Subsequent description and illustration by Tranfaglia & Esposito (1985).

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