Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus arcanus (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus arcanus Hoy 1962: 15, 32, 42, 204. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, New Plymouth, on Phyllocladus trichomanoides, ?/03/1958, by J.M. Hoy. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Acanthococcus arcanus (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 598. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hoy1962: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species of New Zealand]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae thin, apically acute; marginal setae larger than those on remainder of dorsum, those on abdomen conspicuously small; with more than 3 enlarged setae on lateral margin of most abdominal segments; irregular boss at apex of anal lobes; hind coxae with translucent pores (Hoy, 1963).
• Structure: When in gall, adult female is accompanied by some white powdery wax. When on the leaf surface, the females form a felted white sac (Hoy, 1962).
• Biology: Forming galls on cladodes of Phyllocladus species, sometimes on the cladode surface (Hoy, 1962).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).

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