Species Acanthococcus milleri (Hoy, 1959)

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• Eriococcus milleri 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 [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC Female (There are eight paratypes in ANIC (Gullan, personal communication, October 27, 1998)), AUSTRALIA: Tasmania, Mt. Wellington.

  Type host:

   Leptospermum lanigerum

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus milleri (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 [602]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Most 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

Sac of female occurs on the undersides of leaves (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 conical, sides slightly concave, apices slightly rounded, setae variable in size, scattered in small numbers over surface of dorsum; hind tibia without pores; membranous plate between lobes (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

Sac of female is 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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