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Acanthococcus salarius (Ferris, 1955) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Eriococcus salarius Ferris 1955a: 158-159. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Los Angeles Co., Salt Dale, near Mojave, on Atriplex sp., 26/04/1939, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Acanthococcus salarius (Ferris, 1955); Miller 1991: 345-347. change of combination Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Gill1993: pp.157 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of California] Key as: Acanthococcus salarius
MillerMi1993: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus salarius
MillerMi1992: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the western United States] Key as: Acanthococcus salarius
Miller1991: pp.334 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species which infest Atriplex] Key as: Acanthococcus salarius
Ferris1955a: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Eriococcus]

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae fusiform, sides convex, apices rounded or truncate, setae of 1 general size, abundant over dorsal surface; microtubular ducts of medium length, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller, 1991).
Structure: Adult female is rotund and purple. No ovisac has been observed (Miller, 1991).
General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration given by Ferris (1955a). Miller (1991) also gives description and illustration.