Valid Names Results

Neoacanthococcus gracilispinus (Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955) (Eriococcidae: Neoacanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus gracilispinus Borchsenius & Matesova 1955: 227-229. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: near the river Ili, on Tamarix sp., 23/08/1951, by G. Matesova. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Eriococcus gracilispinus (Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955); Hoy 1963: 92. change of combination
• Acanthococcus gracilispinus Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955; Kozár 2009: 92. revived combination (previously published)
• Proteriococcus gracilispinus (Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955); Kaydan & Kozár 2010b: 174. change of combination
• Neoacanthococcus gracilispinus (Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 341-343. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.335 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Neoacanthococcus]
• KaydanKo2010b: pp.174 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for eriococcid species feeding on Tamarix spp.]
• TangHa1995: pp.448, 644 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae slender almost hair-like, apices acute, scattered over surface, occasionally with 1 or 2 setae slightly enlarged (Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955).
• Structure: Adult female is oval, dark claret. At the time of oviposition the female is enclosed in a tough white sac (Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955).
• Biology: The egg sac is evidently secreted shortly before oviposition, before which the females go from the branches of the host to the root crown where they are found under the shelter of a thin layer of earth (Borchsenius & Matesova, 1955).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius & Matesova (1955). Redescription and illustration in Kozár, et al., 2013.

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