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Acanthococcus diaboli (Ferris, 1955) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Eriococcus diaboli Ferris 1955a: 122-123. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Rock City Camp, Mt. Diablo, in a Pogonomyrex sp. ant nest, 23/04/1939, by P. Ting. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Acanthococcus diaboli (Ferris, 1955); Miller & Miller 1992: 26-29. change of combination Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 5

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Gill1993: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of California] Key as: Acanthococcus diaboli
MillerMi1992: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the western United States] Key as: Acanthococcus diaboli
Ferris1955a: pp.95 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Eriococcus]

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae of 2 distinct sizes, large size conical and with acute apices, smaller size conical and with rounded apices, both sizes scattered over surface; with few cruciform pores in area between antennal bases and clypeolabral shield; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas(Miller & Miller, 1992). Ferris (1955a) named this species "diaboli" after Mt. Diablo, but misspelled the species epithet. Specimens of E. chilos from New York were misidentified by Ferris (1955a) as Eriococcus diaboli.
Structure: Body is light gray; ovisac tough, felted, encloses female and orange eggs (Miller & Miller, 1992).
General Remarks: Early description and illustration provided by Ferris (1955a). Later description and illustration in Miller & Miller (1992).