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Acanthococcus reineri Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Acanthococcus reineri Gavrilov-Zimin 2023: 307. Type data: MEXICO: Chiapas State, Chiapa de Corzo, on twigs and leaves of an unidentified tree, 10/21/2021; by Gavrilov-Zimin.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. Five females on 3 separate preparations with the same collection data Illustr.

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Systematics: Acanthococcus reineri has peculiar microtubular ducts with bifurcate opening. There are only four American congeners having a similar type of ducts: Acanthococcus azaleae (Comstock, 1881), Uhleria araucariae (Maskell, 1879), A. howelli Miller et Miller, 1993, and A. pittospori (Ferris, 1955). This species differs from all these 4 species in the fine structure of microtubular ducts, which have the duct, subdivided into 2 parts: thinner (connected with bifurcate opening) and distal larger part. Acanthococcus azaleae seems to be the most similar to A. reineri, but in addition to the structure of microtubular ducts differs from the new species in the presence of 3 conical setae on anal lobe and in the absence of translucent pores on hind coxae. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023)
Structure: Description. Adult female. Body egg-shaped, about 2 mm long in mature females, located inside of grey dense wax sac. Antenna 7-segmented, about 250 μm long. Legs well developed; hind coxa with few translucent pores of different size; claw with a denticle; claw digitules with large apical knobs. Anal apparatus of usual structure: anal ring with 8 setae and 2 semirings of pores. Anal lobes sclerotized. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023.

Gavril2023: description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 307-310