Valid Names Results
Aculeococcus morrisoni Lepage, 1941 (Eriococcidae: Aculeococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Aculeococcus morrisoni Lepage 1941: 141-145. Type data: BRAZIL: Prainha, S. Vicente & Guaruja, Santos, 08/08/1939. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil
- Sao Paulo | Lepage1941
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with following diagnostic characters: turbinate body form; posterior abdominal segments sclerotized; small anal lobes; legs small but well developed; antennae reduced to 1-segmented stub; dorsal abdomen with stout, acute setae as long as segment that bears them. First instar with: nipple-shaped enlarged setae; antennae 3-segmented; distinct anal lobes (Ferris, 1957b).
- Structure: No information available.
- Biology: This species forms elongate conical leaf galls. The anal opening is at the base of the cone (Lepage, 1941).
- General Remarks: Detailed illustration and description of adult female and first instar by Lepage (1941).
Illustrations
Citations
- Beards1984: distribution, taxonomy, 95
- Ferris1957b: taxonomy, 63
- Ferris1957c: taxonomy, 83
- HodgsoMi2010: illustration, taxonomy, 13, 100
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 31
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 94
- Lepage1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 144
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 20
- TangHa1995: distribution, taxonomy, 437-438
