Species Acanthococcus cultellus (Hoy, 1959)

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• Eriococcus cultellus 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 [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC Female (There is also a paratype in the ANIC (Gullan, personal communication, October 27, 1998)), AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, St. Ives.

  Type host:

   Leptospermum squarrosum

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus cultellus (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 [600]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

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

GENERAL

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.

BIOLOGY

Female ovisac occurring on the stem of host plant especially in crevices of the bark. Accompanied by copious 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).

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae elongate, apices acute, marginal setae conspicuously longer than other dorsal setae, 2 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; posterior abdominal segments nodulose dorsally (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

Female ovisac white and felted (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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