Valid Names Results

Apiococcus asperatus Hempel, 1900 (Eriococcidae: Apiococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Apiococcus asperatus Hempel 1900a: 405. Type data: BRAZIL: State of Sao Paulo, Ypiranga. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Notes: Syntypes also in USNM.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Myrtaceae

Eugenia | Lepage1938

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Brazil

Sao Paulo | Hempel1900a

Keys

GonzalCl2013: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the galls made by four species of Apiococcus]
GonzalCl2013: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species in the genus Apiococcus]

Remarks

Structure: Forming thick test that is hard, black, with small tubercles. Found singly on twigs (Hempel, 1901).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hempel (1900a).

Illustrations

Citations

Cocker1902p: taxonomy, 252
CostaL1922: taxonomy, 125
CostaL1928: distribution, host, 106
CostaL1936: distribution, taxonomy, 176
GonzalCl2013: description, illustration, taxonomy, 20
GonzalClJu2020: distribution, 8
Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 404-405
Hempel1901: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 117
HodgsoMi2010: host, taxonomy, 100
Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 32
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 94
Lepage1938: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 376
MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 211
MillerGi2000: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 22-23
SilvadGoGa1968a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 158