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Hoheriococcus fionae Henderson, 2006 (Eriococcidae: Hoheriococcus)

Hoheriococcus fionae Henderson 2006: 48-54. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Manawatu Gorge Scenic Reserve on Hoheria spp., 1/28/2002. by R.C. Henderson & F.L. Henderson. Holotype, female, male, and first instar, by monotypy and original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Hender2006: pp.38-39 ( Adult (F) ) [Revised key to genera of Eriococcidae in New Zealand (adult female) Modified from Hoy (1962)]

Structure: Diagnostic features are the 3 pairs of large, robust anal lobe setae, and the long, thin marginal setae. (Henderson, 2006)
Biology: Settled 1st-instar nymphs pink, males inducing small tubular pocket galls on underside leaves and females inducing small pits on leaf petioles and young stems. Adult females also occasionally on underside leaves inhabiting pit galls but normally these pits on soft stems, with some associated stem swelling around gall; opening of gall small, round, about 0.2-0.4 mm in diameter, containing the sclerotised, waxy-coated, non-expanded dorsum of insect as a plug; with anal aperture near gall rim, and anal lobes and anal sclerotised tube tilted upwards to outer level of gall; membranous abdomen of female greatly expanded inside relatively large inner pit becoming a brood chamber for neonate nymphs. (Henderson, 2006)
General Remarks: Good description and illustrations of adult female, 2nd-instar male, and 1st-instar nymph in Henderson (2006)