Valid Names Results
Gigantococcus caudatus (Newstead, 1917) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Palaeococcus caudatus Newstead 1917a: 6. Type data: UGANDA: Entebbe, on crotons, 13 August 1912; collected C.G. Gowdey.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,56). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Steatococcus caudatus (Newstead, 1917); Vayssière 1926: 307. change of combination
- Crypticerya caudatus (Newstead, 1917); Morrison 1928: 203. change of combination
- Gigantococcus caudatus (Newstead, 1917); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 37. change of combination
- Steatococcus caudatus (Newstead, 1917); Gavrilov-Zimin 2018: 175. revived combination (previously published) 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.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Euphorbiaceae
- Alchornea cordifolia | Vayssi1926
- Croton | Newste1917a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Sierra Leone | Vayssi1926
- Uganda | Gowdey1917
Keys
- Watson2022: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Gigantococcus in continental Africa]
- Gavril2018: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Steatococcus] Key as: Steatococcus caudatus
- UnruhGu2008b: pp.50-51 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Gigantococcus]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 155
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 198
- Gavril2018: taxonomy, 175
- Gowdey1917: distribution, host, 187
- Morris1928: taxonomy, 203, 214, 223
- Newste1917a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 6-7
- UnruhGu2008: taxonomy, 37
- UnruhGu2008b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 56-57
- Vayssi1926: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 307-308
- Watson2022: distribution, illustration, key, morphology, 319,333,336
