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Acanthococcus serratilobis (Green, 1915) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

This catalog page aggregates the information for all subspecies of Acanthococcus serratilobis. If you are looking for information specific to the binomial, click on the link to the nominal trinomial below.

Subspecies:

Acanthococcus serratilobis prominens

Acanthococcus serratilobis serratilobis

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus serratilobis Green 1915d: 45. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Mallee, on Eucalyptus gracilis, by C. French #142. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Also in BMNH are four adult female and three first-instar nymph syntypes. Type data per personal communication D.J. Williams (May 23, 1996). Illustr.
• Eriococcus serratilobis prominens Green 1915d: 46. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Townsville, on undetermined host, by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: There are two slides containing eight adult female syntypes and one adult male syntype in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996). Illustr.
• Acanthococcus serratilobis Green 1915d: 45. accepted valid name
• Nidularia serratilobis (Green, 1915); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
• Acanthococcus serratilobis prominens (Green, 1915); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 603. change of combination
• Acanthococcus serratilobis serratilobis (Green, 1915); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 603. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• GullanVr1991: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Australian species of Eriococcus infesting Eucalyptus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: distinct marginal row of enlarged setae (Gullan & Vranjic, 1991). According to Green (1915d) adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides straight, apices truncate, marginal setae conspicuously larger than other dorsal setae; anal lobes plate like, heavily sclerotized, medial margin with 1 conical seta; sclerotized plate present on dorsum anterior of anal lobes; tarsal digitals swollen.
• Structure: Ovisac is white, strongly convex, broadly oval, narrower behind, closely felted and tough. Adult female is broadly oval (Green, 1915d).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Green (1915d).

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