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Species Acanthococcus gurneyi (Fuller, 1899)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

GENERAL

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

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, short, stout, numerous over surface (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).

STRUCTURE

Sac is tough and felted. Adult female fills sac, which is white and elongate. Second-instar female is active, pink or lemon-yellow (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).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 COCCOIDEA 05-Dec-2023 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)