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Eriochiton hispidus Maskell, 1887 (Eriococcidae: Eriochiton)

Eriochiton hispidus Maskell 1887: 47. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, Wellington, Botanical Gardens, on Olearia sp., 1886. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hodgso1994,171-208). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Paralectotypes also in the USNM. Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

HodgsoHe1996: pp.151-154 ( Other ) [Adult female, second instars and first instar of Eriochiton]
Hodgso1994: pp.176-177 ( Other ) [Adult female, second instars and crawler of Eriochiton species ]

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: dorsal spinose setae abundant on dorsum, as abundant marginally as medially (Hodgson, 1994).
Structure: Ovisac white, very thin, felted. Male test white, thick, felted, oval and convex. Adult female elliptical, convex, reddish-brown in color and hollow beneath. Adult male reddish-brown (Maskell, 1887).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of adult females, both sexes of second instar and the first-instar crawler by Hodgson (1994).