Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus hebes (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus hebes Hoy 1962: 33, 84. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, 20 miles north of Waiouru, Desert Road, on Hebe odora, 12/02/1960, by J.M. Hoy. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Acanthococcus hebes (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 601. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Plantaginaceae
- Hebe | Hoy1962
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- North Island | Hoy1962
Keys
- Hoy1962: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand species of Eriococcidae]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, base broad, apices acute, all approximately same size, scattered over surface except absent in medial area of posterior abdominal segments; anal lobes with slightly crenulate medial margin; microtubular ducts elongate, without sclerotized area (Hoy, 1962).
- Structure: Sac is white and felted (Hoy, 1962).
- Biology: Females occur on the upper leaf surface (Hoy, 1962).
- General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).
Illustrations
Citations
- Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 33, 84
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 94
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 99
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 601
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 226-227
- Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 97
