Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus coriaceus (Maskell, 1893) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus coriaceus Maskell 1893b: 229. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, on Eucalyptus sp., by Olliff. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (GullanVr1991,21-40). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Nidularia coriaceus (Maskell, 1893); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
- Acanthococcus coriaceus (Maskell, 1893); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination
Common Names
- blue gum scale DeBach1964
- common gum scale French1911
- gum tree scale KirkCo1909
- rice bubble scale Hockin1980
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Myrtaceae
- Eucalyptus | Maskel1893b
- Eucalyptus amygdalina | Hoy1962
- Eucalyptus blakelyi | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus botryoides | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus camaldulensis | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus cinerea | Zondag1977
- Eucalyptus cladocalyx | Maskel1893b
- Eucalyptus coccifera | Maskel1893b
- Eucalyptus cosmophylla | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus dalrympleana | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus eugenioides | Zondag1977
- Eucalyptus globulus | Maskel1893b
- Eucalyptus gunnii | Maskel1893b
- Eucalyptus intertexta | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus macarthurii | Zondag1977
- Eucalyptus melliodora | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus microcarpa | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus nicholii | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus nitens | Philli1993
- Eucalyptus obliqua | Zondag1977
- Eucalyptus ovata | Maskel1893b | (= Eucalyptus stuartiana)
- Eucalyptus platypus | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus pulchella | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus regnans | Maskel1893b
- Eucalyptus robusta | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus torquata | GullanVr1991
- Eucalyptus viminalis | GullanVr1991
- Melaleuca incana | GullanVr1991
Foes:
Families: 6 | Genera: 9
- Chamaemyiidae
- Pseudoleucopis benefica | Dumble1940
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus | GordonHi1990
- Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | Frogga1902a Stilin1993
- Halmus chalybeus | Stilin1993 | (= Orcus chalybeus)
- Rhyzobius ventralis | Marcha1907 Valent1967 Zondag1977
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus nigrivarius | Dumble1940 | (= Aphycus nigrivarius)
- Heliodinidae
- Stathmopoda melanochra | Dumble1940
- Noctuidae
- Catoblemma mesotaenia | Dumble1940
- Pyralidae
- Creobota coccophthora | Dumble1940
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory | GullanVr1991
- New South Wales | Maskel1893b
- Queensland | Maskel1893b
- South Australia | Maskel1893b
- Tasmania | Maskel1893b
- Victoria | Maskel1893b
- New Zealand | Maskel1893b
Keys
- GullanVr1991: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Australian Eriococcus species on Eucalyptus]
- Hoy1962: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand Eriococcidae]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae elongate, apices acute, slightly curved, becoming increasingly larger posteriorly; macrotubular ducts absent from posteriomedial area of dorsum; microtubular ducts sparse on dorsal abdomen, often in irregular transverse row on each segment (Gullan & Vranjic, 1991). Anal lobes each with 6 setae (Hoy, 1962).
- Structure: Adult female broadly oval. Crushed body contents reddish brown and crimson to scarlet in 10% KOH solution (Gullan & Vranjic, 1991). Sac of female ovoid to globular in shape, varying from light yellow or buff to dark orange or red and are typically discretely spaced (Vranjic, 1990). Sac of male pupa of similar color, but smaller. Adult female is dark red and fills the sac (Maskell, 1893b).
- Biology: There are four or five generations each year in Adelaide Australia (Patel, 1971; Gough, 1975).
- Economic Importance: This species can cause severe dieback and even death of young eucalyptus trees (Hoy, 1962; Hockings, 1950; Elliott & de Little, 1985).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Gullan & Vranjic (1991). Also described by Maskell (1893b). Type information provided by Deitz & Tocker (1980) and Gullan & Vranjic (1991). A.vcoriaceus has a group of seven polyhydroxyanthraquinones, which cause intense scarlet to crimson tint of the insect body, placed in alkali (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019)
Illustrations
Citations
- AddaeMCa1978: taxonomy, 2089
- AtkinsChDi1956: economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 249, 284, 333, 472-4
- Banks1977: chemistry, 60, 63
- BanksCa1970: chemistry, host, taxonomy, 1577-1578
- BanksCa1973: chemistry, 145, 154
- BanksCaCr1976: chemistry, 2231-2245
- BanksCaEd1976: chemistry, 2227
- BanksCaRa1976: chemistry, 1509
- Bartle1978b: biological control, distribution, life history, 129-131
- Brown1967: distribution, host, 131
- CameroCrFe1978: chemistry, 1363-1370
- Charle1998: distribution, economic importance, 51
- Clark1938: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 750-754
- Clark1949: biological control, distribution, host, 367
- Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 323
- Comper1940: biological control, distribution, host, 46
- CookGu2004: taxonomy, 444
- DeBach1962: biological control, distribution, 70
- DeBach1964: biological control, distribution, host, 677
- DeitzTo1980: distribution, taxonomy, 5, 46
- Dumble1940: biological control, distribution, host, 102a-108a
- Eastwo2004: ecology, life history,
- ElliotDe1985: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 19-20
- Esson1994: distribution, 7
- Evans1942: distribution, host, 157
- Evans1943: host, 138
- Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 73
- Frank2020: ecology, life history, 3
- French1911: distribution, host, taxonomy, 89-90
- French1944: distribution, host, 58
- Frogga1900: distribution, host, taxonomy, 101-102
- Frogga1907: distribution, host, illustration, 377
- Frogga1916: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 430
- Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 76, 81
- Frogga1923: distribution, host, 13
- Fulmek1943: biological control, catalog, distribution, 32
- GavrilKu2019: chemistry, 224
- Giraul1929: biological control, distribution, host, 314
- GordonHi1990: biological control, 287
- Gough1975: biological control, distribution, host, 67-68
- Gourla1930: biological control, distribution, host, 8
- Green1929: description, distribution, host, 375
- GullanCo2001: taxonomy, 95, 96
- GullanMa2003: illustration, 1088
- GullanVr1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21-40
- GwiazdVaDe2006: phylogenetics, 16
- HagenFr1973: distribution, 437
- HertinSi1972: biological control, distribution, 131
- Hockin1980: host, illustration, 97
- HodekHo2009: biological control, 235
- HouWeZh2023: phylogeny, 343, 344, 346
- Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5, 6, 31, 62
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 82
- Imms1931: biological control, distribution, host, 98
- Imms1931a: biological control, distribution, host, 334
- Kirk1905: biological control, chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 421
- Kirk1907: host, 172
- Kirk1908: biological control, distribution, host, 118, 119
- KirkCo1909: biological control, distribution, 276, 280
- KirkCo1909a: distribution, host, 4
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 20
- Koteja1974: taxonomy, 296
- Koteja1974b: taxonomy, 76
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
- Lindin1910: taxonomy, 153
- Lindin1914: taxonomy, 157
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 108
- Lindin1958: taxonomy, 368
- Mackin1920: biological control, distribution, host, 483
- Marcha1907: biological control, distribution, 323
- Maskel1893b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 229
- Maskel1895a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 22
- McKeow1945: description, distribution, economic importance, host, 338
- Miller1918: biological control, distribution, host, 15
- Miller1925: biological control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 28-30, 63
- Miller1949: distribution, economic importance, 45
- MillerCl1935: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 306-307
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 600
- MillerGi2000: biological control, catalog, description, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, taxonomy, 172-175
- MillsSeGa2016: distribution, genetics, host, 260
- Myers1922: distribution, taxonomy, 198
- NanDeWu2013: phylogenetics, 173
- Paladi1923: distribution, 2
- Patel1971: biological control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 43-56
- PerkinEv1918: host, 608
- Philli1993: distribution, host, 378, 379
- Pierce1917: distribution, economic importance, host, 99, 131
- Pope1981: biological control, distribution, host, 21
- Richar1981: distribution, ecology, host, 34
- Richar1985: biological control, distribution, 294
- Robins1924: host, 199
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- SchildSc1928: biological control, 247
- Schmid1940: distribution, host, 269
- Silves1939: taxonomy, 684
- Stilin1993: biological control, distribution, host, taxonomy, 32
- StoetzMi1979: catalog, taxonomy, 11
- Sweetm1935: biological control, distribution, 375
- Sweetm1936: biological control, distribution, 355
- Sweetm1958: biological control, distribution, economic importance, 453
- ThieleWyMa2008: 282
- Tillya1926: biological control, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 174
- Valent1967: biological control, distribution, 1104, 1147, 1168
- Vranji1990: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 83-84
- VranjiAs1997: economic importance, host, 143-149
- VranjiGu1990: biological control, distribution, host, 157-162
- Willia1985h: distribution, life history, 350
- Willia1991DJ: distribution, host, 461
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 236
- Wilson1963: biological control, distribution, host, 7
- Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 97
- WoodwaEvEa1970: distribution, host, taxonomy, 430
- XuLiWa2023: phylogenetics,
- Zeck1954: distribution, host, 298
- Zeck1955: biological control, distribution, host, 343, 373
- Zimmer1948: biological control, 137
- Zondag1977: biological control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 1-4
- Zondag1979: biological control, distribution, 85-89
