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Acanthococcus nitidulus (Hoy, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Eriococcus nitidulus Hoy 1962: 31, 118. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, on Poa caespitosa, 07/07/1947, by R.D. Dick. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
Acanthococcus nitidulus (Hoy, 1962); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 602. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Poaceae

Danthonia | Hoy1962
Poa cita | Hoy1962 | (= Poa caespitosa)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

New Zealand

North Island | Hoy1962
South Island | Hoy1962

Keys

Hoy1962: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand species of Eriococcidae]

Remarks

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides concave, apices truncate, setae present only on head, absent elsewhere; macrotubular ducts unusually abundant on dorsum; anal lobes heavily sclerotized, dorsal setae not enlarged (Hoy, 1962).
Structure: Sac of female is waxen, shiny and tawny. This species is very large (Hoy, 1962).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1962).

Illustrations

Citations

Berry1995: biological control, distribution, host, 9, 25, 52
Hoy1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 118
Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 104
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 100
MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 602
MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 280-281
Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 98