Species Acanthococcus gibbus (Hoy, 1959)

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• Eriococcus gibbus 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 [14].

  Type data:

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

  Type host:

   Leptospermum scoparium

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus gibbus (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 [601]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Hoy, J.M., 1959) [23] (adult female; species of Eriococcus which infest Leptospermum spp.)

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

Female occupies crevices in the bark on the larger stems of the host plant. There is no indication of a true ovisac (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 cylindrical posteriorly, conical anteriorly, apices broadly or narrowly rounded, scattered over dorsal surface except in submarginal and marginal areas where enlarged setae are absent; anal lobes each with 4 enlarged setae; microtubular ducts with bifurcate orifice (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

Females are surrounded by small quantities of white wax (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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