Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus ophius Miller & Miller, 1993 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Acanthococcus ophius Miller & Miller 1993: 59-62. Type data: UNITED STATES: Georgia, Irwin Co., on Aristida sp. 27/11/1973, by D.R. Miller & 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 ophius (Miller & Miller, 1993); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 215. change of combination
- Acanthococcus ophius Miller & Miller, 1993; Miller & Stocks 2022: 5. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- snake-like eriococcin MillerMi1993
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Aristida | MillerMi1993
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Florida | MillerMi1993
- Georgia | MillerMi1993
Keys
- MillerMi1993: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus ophius
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides straight, apices truncate or rounded, base broad, setae restricted to posterior abdominal segments and head; microtubular ducts apparently absent (Miller & Miller, 1993).
- Structure: No information is available.
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Miller & Miller (1993).
Illustrations
Citations
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 100
- Miller2005: distribution, 491
- MillerGi1999: taxonomy, 215
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 286
- MillerMi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 9, 59-62
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 354
