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Noteococcus hoheriae (Maskell, 1880) (Eriococcidae: Noteococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus hoheriae Maskell 1880: 298. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, on the hills above Lyttelton, on Hoheria sp., by W.M. Maskell. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,47). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Type material also in BMNH, ANIC, USNM. Illustr.
• Nidularia hoheriae (Maskell, 1880); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
• Noteococcus hoheriae (Maskell, 1880); Hoy 1962: 6, 164-5. change of combination Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; anal lobes nodulose, heavily sclerotized, series of teeth on ridge across venter of lobe, numerous enlarged setae on dorsal surface; dorsum of posterior abdominal segments nodulose, sclerotized; microtubular ducts apparently absent (Hoy, 1962).
• Structure: Sac is white and cottony, but is often covered with black fungus causing it to look like a small gall or an excrescence on the bark. The eggs are very minute, oval and red. Adult female is red (Maskell, 1890).
• Biology: About midsummer, individuals may be found that are completing or have just completed their ovisac, which then shows white in the crevices of the bark. Many of the sacs are often clustered together (Maskell, 1890).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962); type information by Deitz & Tocker (1980).

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