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Acanthococcus chilos Miller & Miller, 1993 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Eriococcus diaboli; Ferris 1955a: 122-123. misidentification (discovered by MillerMi1993, 21-23). Notes: The New York specimens Ferris (1955a) collected were misidentified as Eriococcus diaboli. Illustr.
Acanthococcus chilos Miller & Miller 1993: 21-23. Type data: UNITED STATES: New York, Saratoga Springs, on unknown Gramineae, ?/08/1938, by G. Rau. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Koszta1996: pp.227 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species from Northeastern North America] Key as: Acanthococcus chilos
MillerMi1993: pp.21-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus chilos

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, apices acute, dorsal setae all of 1 size, abundant over dorsal surface; with 20 or more cruciform pores between antennae and clypeolabral shield (Miller & Miller, 1993).
Structure: Adult female elongate oval (Kosztarab, 1996).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Miller & Miller (1993). Ferris (1955a) had specimens which he identified as Acanthococcus diaboli, but Miller & Miller (1993) later identified these specimens as A. chilos.

Ferris1955a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 122-123
Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 227, 234-235
KosztaRh1999: distribution, host, 123
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
Miller2005: distribution, 491
MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 162-163
MillerMi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 7, 21-23
PooleGe1997: distribution, 354