Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus pallidus (Maskell, 1885) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus pallidus Maskell 1885a: 29, 30. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: on Myoporum laetum and Elaeocarpus sp. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,48). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Paralectotypes are in BMNH and USNM.
• Nidularia pallidus (Maskell, 1885); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
• Acanthococcus pallidus (Maskell, 1885); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 602. change of combination

Common Names

• pallid eriococcus Miller1925

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 16 | Genera: 17

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hoy1962: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand species of Eriococcidae]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides straight or slightly concave, apices slightly rounded, setae all approximately same size, scattered over dorsal surface, except absent in medial area of posterior 2 abdominal segments, 1 or 2 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment, setal bases with 1 or 2 associated microtubular ducts; anal lobes with 3 enlarged setae, conspicuously smaller than other enlarged setae; microtubular ducts elongate, without sclerotized area (Hoy, 1962). There has been confusion between this species and E. multispinus. For discussion of the problems involved see the systematics section of E. multispinus.
• Structure: Female is enclosed in an elliptical sac of felted secretion which is yellowish-white in color. The sac totally encloses the insect and is closed at both ends. Adult female greenish grey in color, turning brown after gestation (Maskell, 1885a).
• General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Maskell (1885) and by Hoy (1962). Type information from Deitz & Tocker (1980).

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