Valid Names Results

Paralecanium zonatum (Green, 1904) (Coccidae: Paralecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Lecanium (Paralecanium) zonatum Green 1904d: 245. Type data: SRI LANKA: Paradeniya, on Garcinia spicata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in BMNH designated in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.
• Paralecanium zonatum (Green, 1904); Sanders 1906: 9. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TanMeXi2024: pp.483-484 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Paralecanium]
• HodgsoWi2018: pp.77-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Paralecanium species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult female P. zonatum are fairly easily identified (based on the 2 fairly mature specimens examined) in having: (i) elongate anal plates; (ii) long ventral setae on the thorax near each coxa, and (iii) by the distribution of the sclerotisation on the dorsum. Other important features are: (i) clavate dorsal setae; (ii) the large dorsal pores actually small in size, each about 4 μm wide; (iii) elongate anal plates, and (iv) the marginal setae tending to be rather narrow, i.e., longer than broad. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• Biology: Unmounted material. “Adult female flat, with an abruptly sloping margin and an inconspicuous narrow median longitudinal ridge, on each side of which is a series of polygonal scars, followed by lines radiating towards the margin. Median area dark purple-brown, followed consecutively by a reddish, a whitish and a narrow transparent greenish zone and a dark purple-brown marginal area.” “Length 3.0 mm. Breadth 2.5 mm.” “Habitat on undersurface of leaves of Garcinia spicata (an indigenous tree). Peradeniya. February.” (Green 1904, p. 245 in Hodgson & Williams, 2018). Slide-mounted adult female. Body oval, rounded at both ends. Length 2.8–3.0 mm, width 2.4–2.6 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

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