Hodgson, C.J., & Williams, D.J. 2018 Revision of the soft scale genus Paralecanium (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha:Coccidae) with the introduction of three new genera and twenty new species . Zootaxa 4443 (1): 001–162

Keywords:

  • description
  • diagnosis
  • distribution
  • host
  • illustration
  • taxonomy
  • Notes: The soft scale insect genus Paralecanium Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is mainly characterised by the possession of fan-shaped marginal setae. The present revision is based on the morphology of the adult females and redescribes and illustrates all 34 species or subspecies previously included in the genus.