Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus eriogoni (Ehrhorn, 1911) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus eriogoni Ehrhorn 1911: 276. Type data: UNITED STATES: Arizona, Flagstaff, on Eriogonum sp. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Miller1991,340). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Eriococcus sidae Ferris 1955a: 160. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, El Paso, on Sida hederacea, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Miller1991, 340). Illustr.
• Acanthococcus eriogoni (Ehrhorn, 1911); Miller 1991: 340. change of combination Illustr.

Common Names

• eriogonum eriococcin Miller1991

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 9 | Genera: 12

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1993: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of California] Key as: Acanthococcus eriogoni
• MillerMi1993: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus eriogoni
• MillerMi1992: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus eriogoni
• Miller1991: pp.334 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species that infest Atriplex] Key as: Acanthococcus eriogoni
• McDani1964: pp.103 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species of Texas] Key as: Eriococcus sidae
• Ferris1955a: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Eriococcus] Key as: Eriococcus sidae

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae curved, conical, with rounded apices, setae all of approximately same size, abundant over dorsal surface; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller, 1991).
• Structure: Adult female is oval. Newly formed adults vary from gray to green, becoming red with age (Miller, 1991).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration given by Miller (1991). Additional descriptions given by Ferris (1955a) under the names Eriococcus sidae and Eriococcus eriogoni

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