Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus saltensis Gonzalez & Granara de Willink, 2012 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus saltensis Gonzalez & Granara de Willink 2012: 5-15. Type data: ARGENTINA: Salta, Metán and Salta; on Baccharis sp., 4/1991, by M. C. G. Willink. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• GonzalNi2014: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Acanthococcus in Argentina]
• GonzalGr2012: pp.15-16 ( Adult (F) ) [Ericoccidae on Asteraceae]

Remarks

• Systematics: Acanthococcus saltensis sp. nov. Is similar to A. jorgenseni (Morrison) because they have the same type of dorsal setae, thickened ventral setae and ventral cruciform pores. They differ by (characters of A. saltensis in parentheses): 1. Antennas with seven segments (six segments), 2. Absent frontal lobes (present), 3. Absent middle plate (present), 4. Heptalocular pores absent (ventral heptalocular pores present). (Gonzalez & Granara de Willink, 2012)
• Structure: Dorsal surface with abundant conical setae; abundant symmetrical macroducts and microducts of type A and B. Margin of abdomen with two or three setae of different sizes. Ventral surface with enlarged conical submarginal setae along the body; Metathoracic coxae with approximately 30 pores; Frontal lobes present. (Gonzalez & Granara de Willink, 2012)
• General Remarks: Detailed description of adult female and nymphs in Spanish and illustration in Gonzalez & Granara de Willink, 2012.

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