Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus beshearae Miller & Miller, 1993 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Acanthococcus beshearae Miller & Miller 1993: 15-19. Type data: UNITED STATES: Florida, Archer, on Aristida sp., 29/05/1975, 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 beshearae (Miller & Miller, 1993); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 213. change of combination
- Acanthococcus beshearae Miller & Miller, 1993; Miller & Stocks 2022: 5. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Aristida | MillerMi1993
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Florida | MillerMi1993
- Georgia | MillerMi1993
- South Carolina | MillerMi1993
Keys
- MillerMi1993: pp.15-19 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus beshearae
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae curved and slender, apices slightly rounded; large-sized enlarged seta present around entire body margin, usually with 2 such setae on margin of each abdominal segment; other dorsal enlarged setae of same shape but smaller; hind tibia with 4 setae, front tibia with 5 (Miller & Miller, 1993).
- Structure: No information available.
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Miller & Miller (1993).
Illustrations
Citations
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
- Miller2005: distribution, 491
- MillerGi1999: taxonomy, 213
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 143-144
- MillerMi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 8, 15-19
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 354