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

Paralecanium palawanense Hodgson & Williams 2018: 127-129. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Palawan, lvs Irawan, Iwahig forest, on upper surfaces of Calophyllum 2000’, 11 2/?/1988, by J.H. Martin. 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: Adult female P. palawanense have a number of rather unique features: (i) anal plate apodemes each with “flame-like” extensions anteriorly on mature specimens; (ii) extreme reduction of legs but still with most segmentation visible; (iii) segmental bands of long setae medially on abdominal segments; (iv) possible absence of stigmatic spines from some clefts; (v) when stigmatic spines present, the larger setae are positioned anteriorly in the cleft rather than medially; (vi) absence of marginal ornamentation apart from enlarged setal sockets, and (vii) antennae without setose setae on scape, pedicel and segments III–V. Paralecanium palawanenseis is similar to P. calophylli, which was also collected off Calophillus sp. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018.
Structure: Unmounted material. Derm black. Slide-mounted adult female. Body almost round. Length 2.0–2.5 mm, width 1.8–2.0 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 77-79, 127-129
TanMeXi2024: key, 483