Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus azumae (Kanda, 1933) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus azumae Kanda 1933: 151-153. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Mt. Azuma, on Bambusa, 25/07/1932, by S. Kanda. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Yokohama: S. Kanda Collection, Asano Senior High School, Kanagawa-ku, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Acanthococcus azumae (Kanda, 1933); Kozár & Walter 1985: 74. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.75-77 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.450, 647 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species]
• Takaha1957: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Some Eriococcus species of Japan]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, apices acute, abundant over dorsum, marginal setae apparently larger than others (Kanda, 1933). The species is similar to A. onukii, in which the fourth antennal segment is markedly shorter than the third antennal segment. (Kozar, et al., 2013)
• Structure: Adult female completely enclosed in a white ovisac. Body brown (Kanda, 1933).
• Biology: Lives transversely across the axils of the leaves of bamboo, collected at the end of July. (Kozar, et al., 2013)
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kanda (1933).

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