Valid Names Results

Pseudoacanthococcus osbeckiae (Green, 1922) (Eriococcidae: Pseudoacanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus osbeckiae Green 1922: 353. Type data: SRI LANKA: Badulla, Nanunakuli, on Osbeckia sp., ?/02/1910. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: There are ten adult female syntypes on two slides in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996). Illustr.
• Nidularia osbeckiae (Green, 1922); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
• Acanthococcus osbeckiae (Green, 1922); Kozár & Walter 1985: 74. change of combination
• Pseudoacanthococcus osbeckiae (Green, 1922); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 387-389. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Wang2001: pp.207 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Eriococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.448, 645 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species]
• Wang1982c: pp.143 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species]
• Wang1982ZQ: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species from China]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides straight, apices slightly rounded, setae all approximately same size, forming 3 longitudinal lines on each side of abdomen, except in medial area of posterior abdominal segments where conspicuous dorsal setae are absent, 2 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment (Green, 1922).
• Structure: Ovisac of female is creamy white, oblong oval. Male sac is much smaller (Green, 1922).
• Biology: Species was collected at an elevation of over 6,000 feet (Green, 1922).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1922).

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