Valid Names Results

Gigantococcus gowdeyi (Newstead, 1920) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidoproctus gowdeyi Newstead 1920: 177. Type data: UGANDA: Kampala, on Plumbago and Rosa, 15 October 1918, collected C.C. Gowdey.. Lectotype, female and first instar, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,59). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Steatococcus gowdeyi (Newstead, 1920); Vayssière 1926: 307. change of combination
• Gigantococcus gowdeyi (Newstead, 1920); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 37. change of combination
• Steatococcus gowdeyi (Newstead, 1920); 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: 4 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female completely covered dorsally with a thick and densely felted layer of dusky white and pale yellow wax; the wax more or less divided into segments corresponding to the segmentation of the body. Venter pale castaneous, slightly mealy and in parts covered with white woolly filaments (Newstead, 1920).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1920) and by Vayssiere (1926). Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).

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