Valid Names Results
Platylecanium cocotis Laing, 1925 (Coccidae: Platylecanium)Nomenclatural History
- Platylecanium cocotis Laing 1925a: 59. Type data: VANUATU [=New Hebrides]: Efaate, on coconut.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaWa1990,143). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Arecaceae
- Cocos nucifera | Laing1925a WilliaWa1990
- Zingiberaceae
- Alpinia purpurata | WilliaWa1990
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya | Gavril2013
- Papua New Guinea | BenDov1993
- Solomon Islands | BenDov1993
- Vanuatu (=New Hebrides) | Laing1925a WilliaBu1987
Keys
- JoshiFi2019: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Platylecanium]
- Tang1991: pp.133 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Williams & Watson (1990). The key in the paper, Joshi, S., & Firake, D.M. 2019, First record of Platylecanium nepalense Takagi (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India, with redescription and a key to the species of Platylecanium Cockerell & Robinson, is for species of Platylecanium in the world, but by mistake Joshi wrote it's heading as key to the species known from India. (Joshi, pers. comment)
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 237
- Gavril2013: distribution, 82
- JoshiFi2019: key, 7
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 11
- Laing1925a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 59
- Tang1991: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 135
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 208
- WilliaBu1987: distribution, host, 93
- WilliaWa1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 141-143
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 160
