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

Eriococcus phyllocladi Maskell 1892: 25. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Reefton, on Phyllocladus trichomanoides. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,48). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Paralectotypes also in USNM. Illustr.
Nidularia phyllocladi (Maskell, 1892); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
Acanthococcus phyllocladi (Maskell, 1892); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 603. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cone shaped, sides straight, apices round, setae of 2 sizes, largest present around body margin, smaller present in medial areas of thorax, 2 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment, without conspicuous enlarged setae in medial and mediolateral areas of abdomen; anal lobes with mesal margin slightly crenulate; microtubular ducts elongate, without sclerotized area (Hoy, 1962).
Structure: Female sac is dark yellow, elliptical, convex and closely felted. Sac of male is also dark yellow, but is whitish at the posterior end. Adult female is reddish brown, sometimes with a greenish tinge (Maskell, 1892).
General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Maskell (1892), and type information by Deitz & Tocker (1980).