Valid Names Results

Megalocryptes buteae Takahashi, 1942 (Coccidae: Megalocryptes)

Megalocryptes buteae Takahashi 1942b: 20. Type data: THAILAND: Chiengmai, on Ziziphus jujuba.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hodgso1994a,344). Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Notes: Paralectotypes from Bangkok, Chiengmai, Lampoon and Mt. Sutep, on Butea frondosa, Ziziphus jujuba, Sesbania glandiflora, mango, Quercus sp. and bamboo.

Families: 5 | Genera: 6

Countries: 2

Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae: Paralecaniini (Choi & Lee, 2019)
Biology: There is no heterochromatinization in all 72 studied embryos from 3 females, no sperm in spermathecae and no males in the population suggesting thus thelytokous reproduction. Female reproductive system is distinguished by unusually long and thin lateral oviducts Cleavage divisions in the egg start just prior to oviposition. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2020)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1991) and by Hodgson (1994a).