Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus tucurincae (Laing, 1929) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus tucurincae Laing 1929a: 467-9. Type data: COLOMBIA: Tucurinca, on undetermined host, by C.C. Gowdey. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Notes: There are six adult female syntypes on five slides in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 29, 1996). Although there is a slide containing one adult female that is marked as "type" neither the terms "type" nor "holotype" were used in the original description so the type series must be considered syntypes. Illustr.
• Nidularia tucurincae (Laing, 1929); Lindinger 1933a: 117. change of combination
• Eriococcus henryi; Balachowsky 1933a: 47. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Boraty1962, 59).
• Eriococcus polyphagus; Balachowsky 1933a: 47. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Boraty1962, 59).
• Acanthococcus tucurincae (Laing, 1929); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 604. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• CaballGoRa2019: pp.6-7 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcid species from Colombia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides concave basally, convex medially, apices acute, setae all approximately of same general size, abundant over surface (Laing, 1929a).
• Structure: Ovisac is ovoid, whitish, closely felted, completely enclosing the female except for the caudal opening. Adult female is very dark brown, clearing completely in potash, ovate (Laing, 1929a).
• General Remarks: Detailed descriptions by Laing (1929a).

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