Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus spiniger (Maskell, 1896) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus spiniger Maskell 1896b: 398. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Oatley, on Eucalyptus sp., by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Nidularia spiniger (Maskell, 1896); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
• Acanthococcus spiniger (Maskell, 1896); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 604. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• PellizGe2010: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the 7 eriococcid species known to occur on Leptospermum spp.]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: distinct marginal row of enlarged setae (Gullan & Vranjic, 1991). According to Hoy (1959) slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides straight, apices truncate, marginal setae conspicuously larger than other setae on dorsum, 4 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment; anal lobes cylindrical, heavily sclerotized, with medial teeth.
• Structure: Sac of female is white, or with a very faint yellowish tinge, cylindrical, closely felted. Sac of male is similar and smaller. Adult female brown or yellowish brown. First-instar nymphs are yellowish-brown, flattish, elliptical, active (Maskell, 1896b).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1959).

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