Species Acanthococcus tripartitus (Fuller, 1897)

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

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNEC Female (Slides in USNM indicate that it was collected in Perth in 1897), AUSTRALIA: Western Australia.

  Type host:

   Casuarina

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus tripartitus (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 [604]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

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.

BIOLOGY

Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473 states that this species is viviparous.

STRUCTURE

Adult female naked, at first an obscure green (olive), becoming light brown or buff colored with maturity. Body elongate, wedge shaped, tapering at both ends. First-instar nymph elongate, segmented, with very distinct anal tubercles which are spined and bear long setae. Margin of body fringed with spines of which there are also 4 longitudinal and more conspicuous rows on the dorsum (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).

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