Subspecies Acanthococcus grandis grandis (Maskell, 1892)

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• Rhizococcus grandis Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [29].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NZAC Female, AUSTRALIA: Victoria.

  Type host:

   Acacia longifolia

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus grandis grandis (Maskell, 1892). —
  Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 1996. Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 597-606 [601]

Distribution

States

Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

STRUCTURE

Adult female is dark red, naked. First-instar nymph is red, flattish and active. Male is unknown (see Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1–64 [dated 1891])

GENERAL

Most detailed description and illustration by Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1–64 [dated 1891]. Type information by 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

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae slender, scattered over dorsum (see Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1–64 [dated 1891]).

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. A check list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 4: 318-339 [324] (taxonomy)

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 [47] (distribution, taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411-423, 511-516, 603-615, 754-764, 1055-1064 [1059] (description, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1-159 [64, 67] (description, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Hoy, J.M. 1963. A catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 150: 1-260 [92-93] (catalogue, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Lidgett, J. 1898. Notes and observations on some Victorian Coccidae. The Wombat 3: 80-95 [89] (description, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Lindinger, L. 1933. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Schildläuse (Hemipt. – Homopt., Coccid.). Entomologischer Anzeiger 13: 77-166 [116] (taxonomy)

Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [29-30] (description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [20] (distribution, host, taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 1996. Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 597-606 [601] (taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2000. A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Scales) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Andover, UK : Intercept Ltd 589 pp. [220-221] (catalogue, description, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Stoetzel, M.B. & Miller, D.R. 1979. A list of coccoidean species deposited in the United States National Museum (Natural History), Beltsville, Maryland, Pt. III. Coccidologist's Newsletter 5: 1-20 [17] (taxonomy)

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