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Acanthococcus tenuis (Green, 1922) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Eriococcus tenuis Green 1922: 351, 352. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on undetermined Gramineae, ?/10/1907. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: There are 4 adult female syntypes on 1 slide in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996). Illustr.
Nidularia tenuis (Green, 1922); Lindinger 1933a: 117. change of combination
Acanthococcus tenuis (Green, 1922); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 604. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides straight, apices acute, setae all approximately same size, arranged in 3 longitudinal lines on each side of abdomen and thorax except absent in medial and mediolateral areas of posterior abdominal segments (Green, 1922).
Structure: Ovisac of female is pure white, elongate oval, moderately convex, closely felted. Adult female is very pale greenish-yellow in color. Adult male is purplish brown (Green, 1922).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Green (1922).