Gigantococcus sulfureus (Lindinger)

Unruh, Corinne M. & Gullan, Penny J., 2008, Identification guide to species in the scale insect tribe Iceryini (Coccoidea: Monophlebidae), Zootaxa 1803 (1), pp. 1-106 : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1803.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5126298
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/304C87CD-FF87-FF9F-FF2B-B7FCFC00C23E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Gigantococcus sulfureus (Lindinger)
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Icerya sulfurea Lindinger, 1913: 85 View in CoL .

Gigantococcus sulfureus (Lindinger) ; Unruh & Gullan (2008: 37) View Cited Treatment .

Diagnosis (adapted from Lindinger, 1913). Adult female covered with sulphur-yellow waxy secretion arranged in tufts on dorsal surface; tufts of wax arranged in double row along midline; wax tufts along margins elongate, becoming curled. Antennae 11 segmented. Setae present all over body.

First-instar nymph oval, 1.33–1.50 mm long. Long hair-like setae at posterior abdomen in 2 pairs.

Type data. TANZANIA [=GERMAN EAST AFRICA]: Amani , ex Ficus elastica , iii.1907 (Zimmermann) .

Type material. Syntypes: ad ♀♀ and 1 st -instar nymphs. Type material lost ( ZMB) .

Taxonomic notes. We were unable to examine material of this species. The World Catalogue listed Vayssière (1926) incorrectly as providing a description, illustration and distribution for this species ( Ben-Dov, 2005: 225). In fact, Vayssière provided a description, illustration and distribution of I. sulfurea var. pattersoni Newstead , which was elevated later to species rank. Consequently, the World Catalogue cited Vayssière as providing only taxonomy for I. pattersoni ( Ben-Dov, 2005: 204) .