Valid Names Results
Paralecanium morobeense Hodgson & Williams, 2018 (Coccidae: Paralecanium)Nomenclatural History
- Paralecanium morobeense Hodgson & Williams 2018: 118-120. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Province, Coast, Buso, on Lophopetalum sp., 10/26.1979, by J.H. Martin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: Papua New Guinea: data as previous (BMNH): Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Celastraceae
- Lophopetalum | HodgsoWi2018
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Papua New Guinea | HodgsoWi2018
Keys
- TanMeXi2024: pp.483-484 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Paralecanium]
- HodgsoWi2018: pp.77-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Paralecanium species]
Remarks
- Systematics: Adult female P. morobeense are easily separated from other similar species (P. hainanense, P. machili and P. neomaritimum) in possessing stout, straight, parallel-sided dorsal setae, often with a capitate apex; the other species all have rather narrow dorsal setae that curve and appear to narrow slightly to a blunt apex. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
- Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body slightly elongate, broadest across abdomen and more pointed anteriorly, and showing some asymmetry ventrally. Length 2.0 mm, width 1.3 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Illustrations
Citations
- HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 77-79, 118-120
- TanMeXi2024: key, 484
