Species Acanthococcus elegans (Fuller, 1897)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eriococcus elegans Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNEC Female (The single slide in the USNM is labeled "Eriococcus/ elegans/ Full./ co-type/ W. Australia/ Fuller, col." Although this does not completely agree with the type data in Fuller (1897b) we assume that this material is syntypic.), AUSTRALIA: Western Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus elegans (Fuller, 1897).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473 provides description and illustration.

STRUCTURE

Adult female is reddish-brown and covered by a secretion of several white filaments which are arranged in 3 distinct rows of curling pyramidal tufts, though this secretion cannot be regarded as a true sac (see Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473).

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