Species Acanthococcus confluens (Maskell, 1893)

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Regional Maps

• Gossyparia confluens Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [227].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus confluens (Maskell, 1893). —
  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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration by Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201–252. Type information from Deitz, L.L. & Tocker, M.F. 1980. W.M. Maskell's Homoptera: Species-group names and type-material. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Information Series 146: 1–76.

STRUCTURE

Adult female produces a white cottony ovisac with a yellowish tinge. The body is dark red (see Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201–252).

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