Valid Names Results

Anophococcus oxyacanthus (Danzig, 1975) (Eriococcidae: Anophococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus oxyacanthus Danzig 1975a: 55. Type data: RUSSIA: Vladivostok, Akademgorodok, railway embankment, on Melilotus sp., 17/08/1949, by N. Borchsenius. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Rhizococcus oxyacanthus (Danzig, 1975); Kozár & Walter 1985: 75. change of combination
• Eriococcus oxyacanthus (Danzig, 1975); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 214. change of combination
• Anophococcus oxyacanthus (Danzig, 1975); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 231-233. change of combination
• Anaphococcus oxyacanthus; Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 231. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.182-183 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Anophococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.520, 655 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species] Key as: Rhizococcus oxyacanthus
• Danzig1988: pp.709 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Acanthococcus oxyacanthus
• Danzig1986a: pp.241 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Acanthococcus oxyacanthus
• Danzig1975a: pp.43 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the far eastern USSR] Key as: Acanthococcus oxyacanthus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae elongate, narrow, conical, sides straight, apices acute, setae of 2 sizes, restricted to marginal areas of body; anal lobes with 3 slender, elongate enlarged setae; microtubular ducts small, with 2 sclerotized areas (Danzig, 1975a).
• Structure: Female is oval and brown and the ovisac is grey (Danzig, 1975a).
• Biology: Ovisacs constructed from late July to mid August, but last stage nymphs were still seen (Danzig, 1986a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Danzig (1975a).

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