Species Acanthococcus constrictus (Froggatt, 1933)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eriococcus constrictus Froggatt, W.W. 1933. The Coccidae of the casuarinas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58: 363-374 [365].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC Female (The type material includes one slide with 4 females and a second slide with 5 females and 7 dry mounts (Gullan, personal communication, June 10, 1996)), AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Euston, Murray River.

  Type host:

   Casuarina lepidophloia

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus constrictus (Froggatt, 1933). —
  Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 1996. Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 597-606 [600]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1933. The Coccidae of the casuarinas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58: 363–374.

STRUCTURE

Female sac light reddish-brown and closely felted. Adult female dark brown and giving an amber tint when boiled in potash (see Froggatt, W.W. 1933. The Coccidae of the casuarinas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58: 363–374).

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