Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus etbaicus (De Lotto, 1954) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Eriococcus etbaicus De Lotto 1954a: 215-216. Type data: ERITREA: Debaroa, on Acacia etbaica, 20/06/1952. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: There is one holotype and nine paratype on ten slides in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996). The BMNH slide number is 1955-243. Paratype in USNM.
- Acanthococcus etbaicus (De Lotto, 1954); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fabaceae
- Acacia etbaica | DeLott1954a
- Acacia nilotica | WatsonOuKa2021
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Eritrea | DeLott1954a
- Kenya | WatsonOuKa2021
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, with truncate apices, medial setae slightly larger than other dorsal setae, present over surface; microtubular ducts elongate, with bifurcate orifice (De Lotto, 1954a).
- Structure: Adult female is completely enclosed in a felted whitish ovisac. Body of young adult is elongate, becoming ovoid at full maturity (DeLotto, 1954a).
- General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by De Lotto (1954a).
Illustrations
Citations
- DeLott1954a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 215, 216
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 88
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 99
- MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 600
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 203
- StoetzMi1979: catalog, taxonomy, 14
- WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, host, 83
