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Gigantococcus brachystegiae (Hall, 1940) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)

Icerya brachystegiae Hall 1940: 488. Type data: ZIMBABWE [=RHODESIA]: Mazoe, on Brachystegia sp.; collected 9 October, 1927.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,55). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Gigantococcus brachystegiae (Hall, 1940); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 37. change of combination
Icerya brachystegiae Hall, 1940; Gavrilov-Zimin 2018: 176. revived combination (previously published) Notes: Gavrilov-Zimin rejected the genetic basis for separation of genera. Based on his morphological definition of genera, he reassigned several species within this family.

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 brachystegiae
UnruhGu2008b: pp.50-51 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Gigantococcus]

Structure: Adult female 10 mm long, 7-8 mm wide; colour entirely obscured by heavy secretionary covering which, on account of dust, appears dirty white; dorsum covered with rounded masses of secretionary matter which have some general pattern; mediodorsally with an oval raised portion made up of rounded masses; surrounding this area is a double row of similar processes which in many places, particularly anteriorly, is sometimes deep; beyond this is a ring of masses of more oval shape which tend to be directed posteriorly; these are less conspicuous in the anterior half; finally there is a marginal series of elongated rounded processes which posteriorly are three times as long as wide; these also are directed posteriorly and are less conspicuous in anterior region (Hall, 1940).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1940). Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).