Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus palmeri (Cockerell, 1899) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus palmeri Cockerell 1899j: 268. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California Sur, Gulf of California, Carmen Island, on Bourreria sonorae, ?/02/1891, by Palmer. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Acanthococcus palmeri (Cockerell, 1899); Miller & Miller 1992: 70. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Ferris1955a: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Eriococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides straight, apices acute, setae of 2 sizes, larger size forming 3 longitudinal lines on each side of abdomen, smaller size scattered over anterior abdominal segments, thorax and head; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Ferris, 1955a). Specimens which Hoy (1963) describes as Eriococcus palmeri from La Jolla, California are believed to be Eriococcus dubius (Miller & Miller, 1992).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Cockerell (1899j). Ferris gives a description and illustration also (1955a).

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