Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus matai (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus matai Hoy 1962: 32, 100. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, Pureora Forest, on Podocarpus spicatus, 22/03/1960, 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 matai (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 602. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Podocarpaceae
- Prumnopitys andina | Hoy1962 | (= Podocarpus spicatus)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- North Island | Hoy1962
Keys
- Hoy1962: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand species of Eriococcidae]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cone shaped, sides straight, bases broad, apices rounded, all setae approximately same size, scattered over surface except in medial area of posterior abdominal segments where absent, microtubular ducts associated with bases of most enlarged setae; anal lobes with conspicuously smaller enlarged setae; enlarged setae long, microtubular ducts without sclerotized area (Hoy, 1962).
- Structure: Female sac is tawny and felted (Hoy, 1962).
- General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).
Illustrations
Citations
- Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32, 100
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 103
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 602
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 263
- Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 97
