Subspecies Acanthococcus serratilobis prominens (Green, 1915)

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• Eriococcus serratilobis prominens Green, E.E. 1915. New species of Coccidae from Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 6: 45-53 [46].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHM-UK Female (There are two slides containing eight adult female syntypes and one adult male syntype in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996)), AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Townsville.

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus serratilobis prominens (Green, 1915). —
  Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 1996. Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 597-606 [603]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female differs from E. serratilobis serratilobis by having anal lobes much more prominent and cylindrical (see Green, E.E. 1915. New species of Coccidae from Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 6: 45–53).

STRUCTURE

Differs from typical A. serratilobis in the form of the anal lobes, see Green, E.E. 1915. New species of Coccidae from Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 6: 45–53

General References

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 [87] (description, taxonomy)

Green, E.E. 1915. New species of Coccidae from Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 6: 45-53 [46] (description, distribution, illustration, 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 [115] (catalogue, 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 [604] (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. [330-331] (catalogue, description, distribution, host, taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. & González, R.H. 1975. A taxonomic analysis of the Eriococcidae of Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 131-163 [148] (taxonomy)

Pierce, W.D. 1917. A Manual of Dangerous Insects likely to be Introduced in the United States through Importations. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office 256 pp. [99] (distribution, economic importance, host)

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