Valid Names Results
Eremococcus Ferris, 1919 (
Eriococcidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Eremococcus
Ferris
1919d: 252.
Type species: Sphaerococcus pirogallis Markell
by subsequent designation
Ferris1919d:252-253
.
(= Eremococcus pirogallis, (Maskell, 1894) )
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Structure: Adult females have no legs and have no antennae or these are reduced to mere unsegmented vestiges; anal orifice simple, minute, borne on the dorsum; dorsum of adult flat, heavily chitinous, venter membranous; mouthparts with internal framework unusually large and heavily chitinized. First stage larva with anal ring small and simple as in adult.
- Biology: The galls induced by females of all species in this genus somewhat resemble the fruit or flower buds of their host plants. (GullanMiCo2005)
- General Remarks: Original description in Ferris (1919d)
Keys
Associated References
3 Species
