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

Paralecanium neoguineense Hodgson & Williams 2018: 122-124. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Markham Valley, Chwasing, on Pandanus, 6/2/1957, by R.W. Paine. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: In having reduced legs, adult female P. neoguineense are superficially very similar to those of P. ovatum but differ as follows (character-states forP. ovatum in brackets): (i) dorsal setae narrowing to a blunt point (parallel-sided and usually capitate); (ii) setose setae present on antennal segments IV and V (absent); (iii) large dorsal pores significantly larger, about 6–10 μm wide with clear micropores (3–4 μm wide, without clear micropores); (iv) legs and antennae somewhat larger, with trochanter + femur 65–70 μm long (trochanter + femur 26–35 μm), and (iv) large dorsal pores significantly more abundant, with 60+ per side (18–25 per side). (Hodgson & Williams, 2018) The specimen identified by Williams and Watson (1990, 134) as P. ovatum from Papua New Guinea is almost certainly from the type series of P. neoguineense. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body broadest posteriorly. Length 3.3–3.8 mm, width 2.3–2.9 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 77-79, 122-124
TanMeXi2024: key, 484