Species Acanthococcus campbelli (Hoy, 1959)

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• Eriococcus campbelli Hoy, J.M. 1959. Species of Eriococcus Targ. (Homoptera, Coccoidea) associated with the genus Leptospermum Forst. in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 1-34 [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC (There are nine paratypes in ANIC), AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Peterborough.

  Type host:

   Leptospermum juniperinum

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus campbelli (Hoy, 1959). —
  Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 1996. Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 597-606 [599]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Hoy, J.M., 1959) [12, 23] (adult female; Eriococcus species known to occur on Leptospermum species in Australia)

GENERAL

Most detailed description and illustration by Hoy, J.M. 1959. Species of Eriococcus Targ. (Homoptera, Coccoidea) associated with the genus Leptospermum Forst. in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 1–34.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae slender with rounded apex, marginal setae conspicuously longer than other dorsal setae, with 2 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; posterior 2 or 3 abdominal segments nodulose; microtubular ducts with bifid orifice (see Hoy, J.M. 1959. Species of Eriococcus Targ. (Homoptera, Coccoidea) associated with the genus Leptospermum Forst. in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 1–34).

STRUCTURE

Sac of female is white and felted. Infestation is accompanied by heavy growth of sooty mold fungi (see Hoy, J.M. 1959. Species of Eriococcus Targ. (Homoptera, Coccoidea) associated with the genus Leptospermum Forst. in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 1–34).

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