Species Acanthococcus hakeae (Fuller, 1897)

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

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHM-UK Female, AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Perth.

  Type host:

   Hakea ilicifolia

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus hakeae (Fuller, 1897). —
  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

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

BIOLOGY

This species inhabits the deepest crevices of bark, but can easily be dislodged (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).

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, marginal setae apparently larger than other setae on dorsum, setae scattered over dorsal surface, lateral margins of each abdominal segment with 2 setae; anal lobes each with 7–9 enlarged setae (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

Female sac is tough and felted, white or buff in color and very convex. Adult female is pink (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).

GENERAL

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.

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