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Acanthococcus tripartitus (Fuller, 1897) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Rhizococcus tripartitus Fuller 1897b: 1345. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, on Casuarina sp., by C. Fuller. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Slides in USNM indicate that it was collected in Perth in 1897.
Nidularia tripartitus (Fuller, 1897); Lindinger 1933a: 117. change of combination
Eriococcus tripartitus (Fuller, 1897); Hoy 1963: 122. change of combination
Acanthococcus tripartitus (Fuller, 1897); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 604. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female naked, at first an obscure green (olive), becoming light brown or buff colored with maturity. Body elongate, wedge shaped, tapering at both ends. First-instar nymph elongate, segmented, with very distinct anal tubercles which are spined and bear long setae. Margin of body fringed with spines of which there are also 4 longitudinal and more conspicuous rows on the dorsum (Fuller, 1899).
Biology: Fuller (1899) states that this species is viviparous.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Fuller (1900).