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Acanthococcus arenariae Miller & Miller, 1993 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Acanthococcus arenariae Miller & Miller 1993: 13-15. Type data: UNITED STATES: South Carolina, Bamberg Co., between Bamberg and Aiken on Highway 78, on Arenaria caroliniana, 20/10/1977, by R.J. Beshear. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Eriococcus arenariae (Miller & Miller, 1993); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 213. change of combination
Acanthococcus arenariae Miller & Miller, 1993; Miller & Stocks 2022: 5. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MillerMi1993: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus arenariae

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae scattered over dorsum, all of approximately same size; enlarged setae cylindrical, with truncate or rounded apices; 2 or 3 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; tibiae with 4 setae; anteromedial enlarged seta on anal lobe less than half as long as other anal-lobe setae (Miller & Miller, 1993).
Structure: No information available.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Miller & Miller (1993).