Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus elegans (Fuller, 1897) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus elegans Fuller 1897b: 1345. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, on Casuarina 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: The single slide in the USNM is labeled "Eriococcus/ elegans/ Full./ co-type/ W. Australia/ Fuller, col." Although this does not completely agree with the type data in Fuller (1897b) we assume that this material is syntypic.
- Nidularia elegans (Fuller, 1897); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
- Acanthococcus elegans (Fuller, 1897); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Casuarinaceae
- Allocasuarina humilis | Fuller1899 | (= Casuarina humilis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Western Australia | Fuller1897b
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female is reddish-brown and covered by a secretion of several white filaments which are arranged in 3 distinct rows of curling pyramidal tufts, though this secretion cannot be regarded as a true sac (Fuller, 1899).
- General Remarks: Fuller (1899) provides description and illustration.
Illustrations
Citations
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 391
- Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 74
- Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 80
- Frogga1933: distribution, host, taxonomy, 367
- Fuller1897b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 1345
- Fuller1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 440-441
- Green1922: taxonomy, 351
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 86
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 108
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 600
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 197
