Valid Names Results
Gigantococcus nigroareolatus (Newstead, 1917) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Icerya nigroareolata Newstead 1917a: 8. Type data: UGANDA: Kampala, on coffee, collected 4 November 1913, by C.C. Gowdey; and Jinia, on Croton, collected 1914 by R. van Someren.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,63). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Icerya maynei Vayssière 1926: 326. Type data: ZAIRE [=CONGO BELGE]: Makaiantete, on Acalypha; collected 20 July 1917, by R. Mayne.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Section d'Entomologie, Belgium; junior synonym (discovered by UnruhGu2008, 38). Illustr.
- Gigantococcus nigroareolatus (Newstead, 1917); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 38. change of combination
- Icerya nigroareolata Newstead, 1917; 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.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 5
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera indica | GermaiVaMa2010
- Euphorbiaceae
- Acalypha | Vayssi1926
- Croton | Newste1917a
- Malvaceae
- Theobroma cacao | Strick1947a
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | Newste1917a Vayssi1955
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Cryptochetidae
- Cryptochetum iceryae | Ghesqu1943
- Pteromalidae
- Austroterobia iceryae | Noyes2004
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Benin | GermaiVaMa2010
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | Ghesqu1943 Liegeo1944 Vayssi1926
- Ghana | Strick1947a
- Tanzania | BenDov2011
- Uganda | Gowdey1917 Newste1917a
Keys
- Watson2022: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Gigantococcus in continental Africa]
- Gavril2018: pp.179-180 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya] Key as: Icerya nigroareolata
- 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, 203-204
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 203
- Gavril2018: key, taxonomy, 176,180
- GermaiVaMa2010: distribution, host, 125
- Ghesqu1943: biological control, distribution, host, 403
- Gowdey1917: distribution, host, 187
- MayneGh1934: distribution, host, 3-38
- Morris1928: taxonomy, 208, 225
- Newste1917a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 8-9
- Noyes2004: biological control,
- Schmut1969: distribution, host, 100
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 423
- Strick1947a: distribution, host, 497-523
- UnruhGu2008: phylogeny, taxonomy, 8-50
- UnruhGu2008b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 62-63
- Vayssi1926: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 319,326-329,333-334
- Vayssi1955: host distribution, 257
- Watson2021: distribution, 525
- Watson2022: distribution, illustration, key, morphology, 319,333,336
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 243
