Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus apiomorphae (Fuller, 1897) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus apiomorphae Fuller 1897a: 1345. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, in empty female galls of Apiomorpha maliformis on Eucalyptus sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: There are five specimens labeled "type" in the USNM that apparently are in Fuller's handwriting. The label data are "Swan River/Western Australia" with no other details.
- Acanthococcus apiomorphae (Fuller, 1897); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 598. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Myrtaceae
- Eucalyptus | Fuller1897a | The galls of Apiomorpha maliformis on the Eucalyptus sp. are then infested by Acanthococcus apiomophae (Fuller, 1987a).
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Eriococcidae
- Apiomorpha maliformis | Fuller1897a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Western Australia | Fuller1897a
Keys
- GullanVr1991: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to allow adult females of E. confusus and E. coriaceus to be distinguished from adult females of other Australian Eriococcus species found on Eucalyptus.]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: distinct marginal row of enlarged setae (Gullan & Vranjic, 1991).
- Biology: Eriococcus apiomorphae was collected from the female galls of Apiomorpha maliformis on Eucalyptus sp. (Fuller, 1897a).
- General Remarks: Most comprehensive descriptions are by Fuller (1897a, 1899), but are very brief.
Illustrations
Citations
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 391
- Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 71
- Foldi2003b: catalog, 27
- Frogga1916: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 426
- Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 72, 82
- Fuller1897b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 1345
- Fuller1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 439-440
- GullanVr1991: distribution, host, taxonomy, 26
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 69
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 97
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 108
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 598
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 125