Valid Names Results

Gigantococcus bicolor (Newstead, 1917) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)

Palaeococcus bicolor Newstead 1917a: 5. Type data: GHANA (=GOLD COAST): Aburi, on Thespesia sp.; collected W.H. Patterson.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,53). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Crypticerya bicolor (Newstead, 1917); Vayssière 1926: 313. change of combination
Gigantococcus bicolor (Newstead, 1917); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 37. change of combination
Steatococcus bicolor (Newstead, 1917); Gavrilov-Zimin 2018: 175. change of combination Notes: Gavrilov-Zimin rejected the genetic basis for separation of genera. Based on his morphological definition of genera, he considered Steatococcus a separate genus and reassigned several species to this revived genus.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 4 | Genera: 6

Countries: 1

Watson2022: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Gigantococcus in continental Africa]
Gavril2018: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Steatococcus] Key as: Steatococcus bicolor
UnruhGu2008b: pp.50-51 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Gigantococcus]

Structure: Adult female, ovate, narrowed in front, covered with short bright yellow or white waxen processes, which are arranged in seven more or less well-defined rows: one short, median, and three on each side, the lateral rows continuous behind; intervening spaces with somewhat granular wax; margins with outstanding hairs, which appear more numerous and much longer posteriorly. Venter in the oldest examples, with a relatively thin layer of white wax, but this, in the specimens submitted, does not form a distinct ovisac or pad (Newstead, 1917a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1917a) and by Vayssiere (1926). Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).