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Gigantococcus euphorbiae (Brain, 1915) (Monophlebidae: Gigantococcus)

Icerya euphorbiae Brain 1915: 167. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, East London, on Euphorbia tree, Jan. 1915 collected C.P. Lounsbury; and also January 1915 by J.L. King.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,57). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Steatococcus euphorbiae (Brain, 1915); Morrison 1928: 208. change of combination
Gigantococcus euphorbiae (Brain, 1915); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 37. change of combination
Steatococcus euphorbiae (Brain, 1915); 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.

Families: 8 | Genera: 12

Countries: 4

Watson2022: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Gigantococcus in continental Africa]
Gavril2018: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Steatococcus] Key as: Steatococcus euphorbiae
Morris1928: pp.218 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Steatococcus]

Structure: Adult female orange-red; waxy secretion not divided into distinct masses, but covered with an homogenous membrane of waxy secretion; colour of secretion generally white, but in a few instances shows faint indication of yellow (Brain, 1915).
Biology: Female viviparous; ovisac not formed (Brain, 1915).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1915). Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).