Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus rosannae (Tranfaglia & Esposito, 1985) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus rosannae Tranfaglia & Esposito 1985: 130-132. Type data: ITALY: Monte Faito, on Castanea sativa, 07/05/1983-31/07/1983. Holotype, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Acanthococcus rosannae (Tranfaglia & Esposito, 1985); Longo, Marotta, Pellizzari, Russo & Tranfaglia 1995: 113. change of combination Notes: Miller & Gimpel (1996) erroneously cited the name Acanthococcus rosannae as a new combination. This combination was originally put forth by Longo et al. (1995).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.75-77 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.452, 650 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus rosannae
• TranfaEs1985: pp.116 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species of Italy] Key as: Eriococcus rosannae

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides straight, apices truncate, marginal setae slightly larger than other setae on dorsum, setae abundant over surface, 4 or 5 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment; anal lobes heavily sclerotized, medial margin with teeth (Tranfaglia & Esposito, 1985).
• Structure: Adult female is oval-elongate (Tranfaglia & Esposito, 1985).
• Biology: In bark crevices of trunk and branches of its host at elevation about 500 m above see level. Female appears in egg sacs in May. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tranfaglia & Esposito (1985).

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