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Palaeococcus tabaybae (Lindinger, 1919) (Monophlebidae: Palaeococcus)

Palacococcus tabaybae Lindinger 1919: 2. Type data: SPAIN: Canary Islands, Tenerife Island, Upper slope of the Valle Tabares, between Mesa Gallardina and the Pico Colorado, near La Laguna, on top of 'tabayba' [=Euphorbia regis-jubae]; collected March 16, by Lindinger.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost; see Weidner & Wagner (1968), Williams (1986).
Palaeococcus tabayae (Lindinger, 1919); Morrison 1928: 227. misspelling of species epithet
Palaeococcus tabaiae (Lindinger, 1919); Weidner & Wagner 1968: 179. misspelling of species epithet
Palacococcus tabaybae; Williams 1986: 127. misspelling of genus name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female elongated, 7-10 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, up to 2 mm thick; The dorsum blackish with three reddish longitudinal lines, the middle line being the thinnest. The ventral face light orange, and whitish from the exudation of wax (sometimes leaving a spot on the stalk of the plant on which it lives), while the dorsum, for the same reason, appears somewhat grey (Lindinger, 1919; Williams, 1986).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lindinger (1919) and by Williams (1986).