Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus sutepensis (Takahashi, 1942) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus sutepensis Takahashi 1942b: 8-10. Type data: THAILAND: Mt. Sutep, on Quercus sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Acanthococcus sutepensis (Takahashi, 1942); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 604. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TangHa1995: pp.453, 650 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides straight, apices truncate, 2 sizes of setae, larger size on margin, others scattered over remainder of surface, 4 or 5 lateral setae on margins of each abdominal segment; dorsum also with body setae, slightly longer than enlarged setae; antennae 8-segmented; anal lobes weakly nodulose, with 2 enlarged setae (Takahashi, 1942b).
• Structure: Adult female has a white secretion, body oval (Takahashi, 1942b).
• Biology: This species is tended by Crematogaster ants (Takahashi, 1942b).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Takahashi (1942b).

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