Valid Names Results

Gigantococcus schoutedeni (Vayssière, 1926) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Icerya schoutedeni Vayssière 1926: 337. Type data: ZAIRE [=CONGO BELGE]: Eala, on Acalypha wilkesiana; collected July 1915, by R. Mayne.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Section d'Entomologie, Belgium; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Icerya tremae Vayssière 1926: 344. Type data: ZAIRE [=CONGO BELGE]: Eala on coffee, at Stanleyville on Trema guineensis and on mango, guava, citrus and on Ura [=Hura] crepitans; collected by R. Mayne and by J. Ghesquiere 1912.. Syntypes, female and first instar, 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, 39). Illustr.
• Iceria tremae; Liegeois 1944: 165. misspelling of genus name
• Gigantococcus schoutedeni (Vayssière, 1926); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 39. change of combination
• Icerya schoutedeni Vayssière, 1926; 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: 7 | Genera: 8

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Gigantococcus in continental Africa]
• Gavril2018: pp.179-180 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya] Key as: Icerya schoutedeni
• UnruhGu2008b: pp.50-51 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Gigantococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species has been originally described from the female (Vayssiere, 1926). Ghesquiere (1939) recorded the occurrence of males on Acalypha in Congo.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Vayssiere (1926). Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).

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