Identification guide to species in the scale insect tribe Iceryini (Coccoidea: Monophlebidae)
Author
Unruh, Corinne M.
Author
Gullan, Penny J.
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-06-16
1803
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1803.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1803.1.1
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Other
Gigantococcus
species
The remaining
Gigantococcus
species
(
Gi. bimaculatus
,
Gi. brachystegiae
,
Gi. maximus
,
Gi. nigroareolatus
and
Gi. theobromae
) do not resemble one another nor do they resemble any other
Gigantococcus
or iceryine species. Each species has unique compound multilocular pores not seen in any other species, except for
Gi. brachystegiae
and
Gi. theobromae
, which have unique simple multilocular pores in addition to common compound pores. Refer to the comparison section for each of these species for a discussion of unique features. We were unable to examine material of
Gi. rodriguesi
,
Gi. splendidus
and
Gi. sulfureus
. The original descriptions are not sufficient enough for us to place any of these species into groups.