Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus chathamensis (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus chathamensis Hoy 1962: 79. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Chatham Islands, Waikato Point, on Myrsine chathamica, ?/11/1959, by L.J. Dumbleton. 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 chathamensis (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 599. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Primulaceae
- Myrsine chathamica | Hoy1962
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Chatham Island | Hoy1962
Keys
- Hoy1962: pp.56-57 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcidae of New Zealand]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, rounded or blunt apices, dorsal setae all approximately same size with only small number of setae in medial and mediolateral areas, with 1 or 2 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; enlarged setae with 1 or 2 microtubular ducts associated with base (Hoy, 1962).
- Structure: Sac is brown, felted and slightly resinous (Hoy, 1962).
- Biology: Adult females mainly occur on the under surface of leaves (Hoy, 1962).
- General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Hoy (1962).
Illustrations
Citations
- Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32, 56
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 79
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 599
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 161-162
- Willia1973: distribution, host, taxonomy, 83
- Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 96
