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Macracanthopyga verganiana Lizer y Trelles, 1955 (Eriococcidae: Macracanthopyga)

Macracanthopyga verganianus Lizer y Trelles 1955: 37. Type data: ARGENTINA: Corrientes, on Campomanesia sp. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Lizer y Trelles (1955) indicated that the types of this species were in his personal collection. There are two slides of probable topotype material in UCDC.
Macracanthopyga verganiana Lizer y Trelles, 1955; Miller & Gimpel 2000: 396. emendation that is justified

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae nipple shaped, sides convex, apices acute, present on marginal areas of anterior abdominal segments and on thorax, in medial areas of head; dorsal surface of posterior abdominal segments covered with long, somewhat enlarged setae; anal lobes small; antennae 1-segmented; legs absent, except sclerotized plate near position of hind legs (Ferris, 1957b).
Structure: Female is yellow and clear when dead (Lizer y Trelles, 1955).
Biology: Forms galls on Campomanesia species in Argentina (Beardsley, 1984). Ferris (1957b) states that galls form on the branches of host.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Lizer y Trelles (1955) and Ferris (1957b). Detailed description of first and second instar nymphs in Spanish in González & Granara de Willink (2013)