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Gigantococcus bimaculatus (De Lotto, 1959) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)

Icerya bimaculata De Lotto 1959a: 385. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on leaves of Chaetacme aristata, 13.i.1951 and 20.viii.1958.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Gigantococcus bimaculatus (De Lotto, 1959); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 37. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Watson2022: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Gigantococcus in continental Africa]
Gavril2018: pp.179-180 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya] Key as: Icerya bimaculata
UnruhGu2008b: pp.50-51 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Gigantococcus]

Structure: Live adult female, 10-12 mm long; elongate, oval, moderately convex, covered by cottony wax, pure white in colour; with two red-orange spots on dorsum of thorax, represented by two small roundish areas devoid of any wax covering. Margin of body provided with a series of well-developed tufts of cottony wax; these tufts are short and stout on head and thorax and tend to be progressively longer and more slender towards posterior extremity; most posterior tufts noticeably longer than the body. Ovisac large, rounded behind, strongly convex, extending slightly beyond apex of posterior wax appendages (De Lotto, 1959a).
Biology: This species of scale insects has been identified as hermaphroditic based on the cytology of their gonads. (Mongue, et al., 2021
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by De Lotto (1959a). Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).