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Pygmaeococcus giliomeei Gavrilov-Zimin, 2024 (Rhizoecidae: Pygmaeococcus)

Pygmaeococcus giliomeei Gavrilov-Zimin 2024: 396. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape Prov., about 19 km NW of Worcester, Hex River Mountains, above Vredehoek guest farm (Fig. 2), on roots of unidentified Poaceae grass, 29.X.2024, by I. Gavrilov-Zimin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. 2 adult females (on separate slides) with data as for holotype (K 2037, ZIN RAS). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The new species differs from the type species of the genus, P. morrisoni, in the presence of numerous multilocular pores, six-segmented antennae, and the absence of ostioles (Gavilov-Zimin, 2024)
Structure: Body nearly round or broadly oval, soft, white in life, but yellow after fixation in acetoethanol, 1–2 mm in length. Antennae six-segmented, very small compared to body size, about 75 μm in length. Legs also small, similar in size to antennae, but with all segments present; claw without a denticle. (Gavilov-Zimin, 2024)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Gavilov-Zimin (2024).

Gavril2024: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 396–399