Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus droserae Miller, Liu & Howell, 1992 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus droserae Miller, Liu & Howell 1992: 512-523. Type data: UNITED STATES: Georgia, Ware Co., On Drosera sp., 16/08/1972, by R. Beshear. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Eriococcus droserae (Miller, Liu & Howell, 1992); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 213. change of combination
• Acanthococcus droserae Miller, Liu & Howell, 1992; Miller & Stocks 2022: 5. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• sundew eriococcin MillerLiHo1992

Ecological Associates

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Families: 2 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae short, broadly conical, with rounded apices, present around body margin and in medial longitudinal line, with 2 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller et al., 1992).
• Structure: Adult body is pink, adult females form white ovisacs (Miller et al., 1992).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations including first instar, both sexes of second instar and both sexes of adults by Miller, Liu & Howell (1992). Miller & Miller (1993a) include this species in a phylogenetic analysis of eriococcids, kermesids and other families of scale insects.

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