Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus abeliceae (Kuwana, 1927) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Gossyparia ulmi; Kuwana 1902: 52. misidentification (discovered by Kuwana1927a, 111).
• Eriococcus abeliceae Kuwana 1927a: 111. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Kyoto City, Imperial Palace Grounds, on Abelicea hirta, ?/05/1924, by S. Iwai. 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 abeliceae (Kuwana, 1927); Kozár & Walter 1985: 73. change of combination
• Eriococcus abeliceae Kuwana, 1927; Miller & Gimpel 2000: 111. revived combination (previously published)
• Acanthococcus abeliceae (Kuwana, 1927); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 79. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Acanthococcus]
• Wang2001: pp.208 ( ) [Key to Eriococcus of China] Key as: Eriococcus abeliceae
• TangHa1995: pp.453, 651 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus abeliceae
• Takaha1957: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Some Eriococcus species of Japan] Key as: Eriococcus abeliceae

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae abundant over dorsum; 3 enlarged setae on each anal lobe; enlarged setae with apically rounded apices (Kuwana, 1927a).
• Structure: Adult female dark purple, oval or broadly oval. Rounded anteriorly and gradually narrowed posteriorly (Kuwana, 1927a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Kuwana (1927a).

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