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Acanthococcus crispus (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Coccus crispus Boyer de Fonscolombe 1834: 204. Type data: FRANCE: Marseille, on "Nopals ou figuiers d'Inde", by C. Rostan. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: According to Danièle Matile-Ferrero, (personal communication, November 20, 1996) there is little chance of finding type material of this species.
Eriococcus crispus (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Targioni-Tozzetti 1869: 726. change of combination
Gueriniella serratulae; Lindinger 1912a: 235. incorrect synonymy Notes: Lindinger (1912b, 1933) believed that Coccus crispus was a junior synonym of the margarodid Gueriniella serratulae (Fabricius). However, because G. serratulae is found on Cistus, Daucus, Erica, and olive, and C. crispus was described from "nopals ou figuiers d'Inde", which probably is Opuntia ficus-indica, it is unlikely that G. serratulae and C. crispus are the same. It is evident from the original description that C. crispus is not an eriococcid (Miller & Williams 1976), but we are including it here until the correct family placement can be ascertained. It is possible that this species is a member of the family Dactylopiidae genus Dactylopius.
Acanthococcus crispus (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Opuntia ficus-indica | Boyerd1834 | Fernald (1903b) and Hoy (1963) incorrectly cited "nopals figuiers d'Inde" as {Ficus} rather than {Opuntia}.

Countries: 2

Systematics: The author of this species was incorrectly cited, in most pre-2000 publications, as "Fonscolombe". The correct name is "Boyer de Fonscolombe."
Structure: Adult female is heart shaped and covered by its sac (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834).
General Remarks: Original brief description by Boyer de Fonscolombe (1834).