Species Acanthococcus sordidus (Green, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eriocococcus sordidus Green, E.E. 1904. Descriptions of some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 21: 65-69 [68].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHM-UK Female (There are 9 adult female syntypes on 2 slides in the BMNH (Gullan, personal communication, October 27, 1998)), AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Dandenong Ranges.

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus sordidus (Green, 1904). —
  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]

Distribution

States

Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Most detailed description and illustration by Green, E.E. 1904. Descriptions of some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 21: 65–69.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae slender, apices acute, forming 3 longitudinal lines on each half of abdomen; anal lobes large, heavily sclerotized, each with 4 enlarged setae (see Green, E.E. 1904. Descriptions of some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 21: 65–69).

STRUCTURE

Sac of adult female is oblong oval. Color and texture difficult to determine due to excessive black fungus. Sac of male is snowy-white and conspicuous against the black surroundings. Adult female oval (see Green, E.E. 1904. Descriptions of some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 21: 65–69).

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