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Acanthococcus gibbus (Hoy, 1959) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Eriococcus gibbus Hoy 1959: 14. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Tasmania, Wynyard, on Leptospermum scoparium, 15/08/1956, by J.M. Hoy. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: There are ten paratypes in ANIC (Gullan, personal communication, October 27, 1998). Illustr.
Acanthococcus gibbus (Hoy, 1959); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 601. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

PellizGe2010: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the 7 eriococcid species known to occur on Leptospermum spp.]
Hoy1959: pp.23 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Eriococcus which infest Leptospermum spp.]

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical posteriorly, conical anteriorly, apices broadly or narrowly rounded, scattered over dorsal surface except in submarginal and marginal areas where enlarged setae are absent; anal lobes each with 4 enlarged setae; microtubular ducts with bifurcate orifice (Hoy, 1959).
Structure: Females are surrounded by small quantities of white wax (Hoy, 1959).
Biology: Female occupies crevices in the bark on the larger stems of the host plant. There is no indication of a true ovisac (Hoy, 1959).
General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1959).