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Eriococcus laevigatus Maskell, 1891 (Eriococcidae: Eriococcus)

Eriococcus multispinus laevigatus Maskell 1891: 20-21. Type data: AUSTRALIA: on Acacia armata, by Mr. French. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Eriococcus multispinosus laevigatum Maskell, 1891; Froggatt 1900: 104. misspelling of species epithet (discovered by Hoy1963, 98-99). Notes: Froggatt (1900) seems to have misidentified Eriococcus multispinus var. laevigatum as Eriococcus multispinosus var. laevigatum. Illustr.
Nidularia laevigata (Maskell, 1891); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change in status (level) Notes: Lindinger (1933a) determined that Eriococcus multispinus var. laevigatus should be considered a legitimate species. At the same time, he also placed the species in the genus Nidularia which was a change in combination.
Eriococcus laevigatus Maskell, 1891; Hoy 1962: 110. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae short, blunt, conical, abundant over dorsal surface (Maskell, 1891).
Structure: Maskell (1891) indicated that this species had a smooth sac.
Biology: Sacs of the adult female scattered all over the plant, generally attached at the base of each leaf (Froggatt, 1900).
General Remarks: Best description by Maskell (1891).