Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus lecanioides (Green, 1915) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizococcus lecanioides Green 1915d: 47. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Sandringham, on Casuarina distyla, by C. French. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: There are 6 adult female syntypes on 1 slide in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996). Illustr.
- Eriococcus lecanioides (Green, 1915); Hoy 1963: 100. change of combination
- Acanthococcus lecanioides (Green, 1915); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 602. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Casuarinaceae
- Allocasuarina distyla | Green1915d | (= Casuarina distyla)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Victoria | Green1915d
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: This species does not appear to belong in Eriococcus based on the illustration in Green (1915d) and may not even be an eriococcid.
- Structure: Adult female is dark and castaneous brown, naked and smooth. Insect becomes clear in potash (Green, 1915d).
- General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Green (1915d).
Illustrations
Citations
- Brown1967: distribution, host, 131
- Frogga1915: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 1060
- Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 64
- Frogga1933: distribution, host, taxonomy, 365
- Green1915d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 47
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 100
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 99
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 116
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 602
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 256
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 236
