Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus smithi (Lobdell, 1929) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus smithi Lobdell 1929: 764-765. Type data: UNITED STATES: Mississippi, Meridian, on Andropogon virginicus, 14/11/1927, by M.R. Smith. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Mississippi State (Starkeville): Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in USNM.
- Eriococcus smithii Lobdell, 1929; Hoy 1963: 116. misspelling of species epithet
- Acanthococcus smithi (Lobdell, 1929); Miller & Miller 1992: 78-82. change of combination Illustr.
Common Names
- Smith eriococcin MillerMi1992
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 4
- Poaceae
- Ammophila | MillerMi1992
- Andropogon | MillerMi1992
- Andropogon virginicus | MillerMi1992
- Avena sativa | MillerMi1992
- Distichlis | MillerMi1992
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Aphycus | Koszta1996
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Linepithema humile | Lobdel1929 | (= Iridomyrmex humilis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Florida | MillerMi1992
- Georgia | MillerMi1992
- Louisiana | MillerMi1992
- Mississippi | MillerMi1992
- Pennsylvania | MillerMi1992
- Rhode Island | MillerMi1992
- South Carolina | MillerMi1992
- Texas | MillerMi1992
Keys
- Koszta1996: pp.228 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of Northeastern North America] Key as: Acanthococcus smithi
- MillerMi1993: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus smithi
- MillerMi1992: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the western United States] Key as: Acanthococcus smithi
- Ferris1955a: pp.95 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Eriococcus]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, elongate, sides straight, apices truncate, marginal setae conspicuously larger than other dorsal setae, 3 or 4 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment; ventral multilocular pores with septelocular pores most abundant; hind tibia with 4 setae; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & Miller, 1992).
- Structure: Adult female is elongate oval. Ovisac is tough, closely felted (Lobdell, 1929).
- Biology: This species has been observed being tended by argentine ants (Miller & Miller, 1992). This species is probably oviparous.
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration given by Miller & Miller (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ferris1955a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 95, 162
- Gill1993: distribution, taxonomy, 157
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 116
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 228, 252, 253
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 101
- Lobdel1929: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 764-765
- Lobdel1937: taxonomy, 78
- Miller2005: distribution, 491
- MillerGi2000: biological control, catalog, description, distribution, ecology, host, taxonomy, 335-336
- MillerMi1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 4, 78-82
- MillerMi1993: distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 8, 62
- MillerSt2017: taxonomy, 821
- NickerWhDe1974: distribution, host, 285
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 354
- Rau1938: taxonomy, 158
- Schief2000: distribution, host, 8
- TippinBe1978: distribution, host, 13
