Valid Names Results

Gallacoccus secundus Beardsley, 1971 (Beesoniidae: Gallacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Gallacoccus secundus Beardsley 1971b: 36-39. Type data: SINGAPORE: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, on Shorea pauciflora; collected July 1969, by M. Anthony.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.107-108 ( Adult (M) ) [Beesoniidae]
• TangHa1995: pp.441 ( Adult (F) First instar ) [Gallacoccus species]
• Beards1971b: pp.39 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to known species of Gallacoccus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female similar to Gallacoccus anthonyae except with dorsal quinquelocular pores; protuberances present behind each hind coxa; trochanter and femur completely fused (Beardsley, 1971b).
• Structure: Adult female globular, broadly oval to circular in outline. The galls of this species are somewhat drupe-like in appearance, consisting of a globular fleshy basal portion with a beak-like apical projection. The interior of the gall contains a single large cavity which the scales occupy. These galls apparently may arise on small twigs and leaf petioles of leaf midribs (Beardsley, 1971b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, first instar and gall by Beardsley (1971b). Detailed description and illustration of gall by Anthony (1974). Description and illustration of adult female, 1st instar females, 1st instar males, 2nd instar males and adult males by Takagi (2001).

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