Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus transversus (Green, 1922) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus transversus Green 1922: 351. Type data: SRI LANKA: Maskelyia, on Arundinaria sp?, ?/08/1902, by E.E. Green. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: There are three adult female syntypes on 1 slide in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996). Illustr.
• Acanthococcus transversus (Green, 1922); Kozár & Walter 1985: 74. change of combination
• Rhizococcus transversus (Green, 1922); Xu & Wu 1989: 117-119. change of combination
• Acanthococcus transversus (Green, 1922); Kozár 2009: 94. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.75-77 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus]
• Wang2001: pp.208 ( ) [Key to Eriococcus of China] Key as: Eriococcus transversus
• TangHa1995: pp.451, 648 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus transversus
• Wang1982c: pp.143 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus transversus
• Wang1982ZQ: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species of China] Key as: Eriococcus transversus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides straight, apices acute, setae of 2 sizes, larger size present around body margin, smaller size abundant over remainder of dorsum (Green, 1922).
• Structure: Female sac is ochreous white, laterally compressed and curved into the shape of a horseshoe. Adult female is olivaceous brown, darker beneath, also curved into a loop (Green, 1922).
• Biology: Found across the axils of leaves, in the angles of branches. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Green (1922). Redescriptin and illustration in Kozár, et al., 2013.

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