Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus myrsinae (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus myrsinae Hoy 1962: 32, 112. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Picnic Point, on Myrsine australis, 06/10/1955, 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 myrsinae (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 602. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Primulaceae
- Myrsine australis | Hoy1962
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- South Island | Hoy1962
Keys
- Hoy1962: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand species of Eriococcidae]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae short, cone-shaped, sides straight, apices rounded, bases broad, marginal setae conspicuously longer than other dorsal setae, 2 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment; anal lobes sclerotized, rugose, with 2 cylindrical setae on mesal margin; microtubular ducts elongate, without sclerotized area (Hoy, 1962).
- Structure: Female sac is resinous (Hoy, 1962).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).
Illustrations
Citations
- Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32, 112
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 103
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 100
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 602
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 277
- Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 98
