Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus fossor (Maskell, 1884) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizococcus fossor Maskell 1884: 136-137. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, on Gymnelea cunninghami, ?/07/1883, by W. Maskell. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzTo1980,46). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Nidularia fossor (Maskell, 1884); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
• Eriococcus fossor (Maskell, 1884); Hoy 1962: 6, 32, 78, 204. change of combination Illustr.
• Acanthococcus fossor (Maskell, 1884); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 601. change of combination

Common Names

• pit making maire scale Miller1925

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hoy1962: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand species of Eriococcidae]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, base broad, tapering to slightly rounded apex, marginal setae conspicuously larger than others with microtubular ducts associated with base, setae uncommon on dorsum, 1 or 2 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; small boss on medial margin of each anal lobe; microtubular ducts elongate, without a sclerotized area (Hoy, 1962).
• Structure: Adult female is greenish yellow in color, sometimes brown. In the last stage, after gestation, it becomes dark brown. In the second stage the insect is oval and flatter than adults. The young insects have the general form of a young Acanthococcus hoheriae and are yellow in color. Male insect is red and undergoes its last transformation in a minute white cottony sac (Maskell, 1884).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Maskell (1884) and Hoy (1962).

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