Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus shiraiwai (Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus shiraiwai Kuwana & Muramatsu 1931a: 659. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Yokohama customs, on unidentified cactus, by H. Shiraiwa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Acanthococcus shiraiwai (Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931); Miller 1996: 79. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Cactaceae
- Cactaceae | Hoy1963
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Japan
- Honshu | Hoy1963
- Mexico | Miller1996
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: elongate setae conical, sides straight, apices acute, 2 or 3 sizes of setae, abundant over dorsum (Kuwana & Muramatus, 1931a).
- Structure: Adult female is oval (Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931a).
- Biology: On plant surface. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
- Economic Importance: Cactus was from Mexico and intercepted at the Yokohama customs (Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931a).
- General Remarks: Brief description and illustration by Kuwana & Muramatsu (1931a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 115
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 93
- KozarKaKo2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 160-162
- KuwanaMu1931a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 659
- Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 79
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 332
