Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus brittini (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus brittini Hoy 1962: 50. Type data: NEW ZEALAND. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Acanthococcus brittini (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 599. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Nothofagaceae
- Nothofagus solandri | Hoy1962 | var. cliffortioides
- Rubiaceae
- Coprosma rotundifolia | HardyGuHe2008
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand | Hoy1962
Keys
- Hoy1962: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcidae of New Zealand]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical with rounded apices decreasing in size anteriorly, with 2 setae on each lateral margin of each abdominal segment excluding mediolateral longitudinal line, dorsal setae smaller than those on body margin; enlarged setae on anal lobes noticeably smaller than on remainder of surface; microtubular ducts simple without sclerotized apex (Hoy, 1962).
- Structure: Female sac is tawny (Hoy, 1962).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).
Illustrations
Citations
- HardyGuHe2008: host, phylogeny, structure, 366, 368-373
- Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32, 50
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 76
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 599
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 149
- NanDeWu2013: phylogenetics, taxonomy, 171, 173-174
- Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 96
