Valid Names Results

Paralecanium claviseta Hodgson & Williams, 2018 (Coccidae: Paralecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Paralecanium claviseta Hodgson & Williams 2018: 86-88. Type data: INDONESIA: Sulawesi Utara, Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Gunung Mogogonipa Summit, (approx. 1000m alt.), on ?Malvaceae, 5/21/1985, by J.H. Martin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype f:Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara: left label: Paralecanium / claviseta / Hodgson / paratype f; right label: Dumoga-Bone N. P. / SULAWESI UTARA: / approx. 1008m alt. / Gunung Mogogonipa / Summit / ? Malvaceae / 21.v.1985 / J.H. Martin 4965 (BMNH) Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2018: pp.77-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Paralecanium species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult female P. claviseta are very similar to those of P. acinaces, differing mainly in the shape of the dorsal setae, those on P. claviseta being clearly bulbous whereas those of P. acinaces are scimitar-like. In addition, P. acinaces has more numerous and larger dorsal pores than P. claviseta.
• Structure: Unmounted material. Body black. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

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