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Discochiton browni Hodgson, 2018 (Coccidae: Discochiton)

Discochiton browni Hodgson 2018: 18. Type data: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal, Kukum, on coconut, 7/9/1956, by E.S. Brown. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype ff: Solomon Islands: left label: Solomon Is / Kukum / on coconut / coll. E.S. Brown / 4619 14.ii.56 / CIE 3900/14669; right label: Paralecanium / nr. expansum / quadratum / Green [all crossed out] / D.J. Williams; middle label: Discochiton browni / Hodgson / Paratype f (BMNH): 1/1adf (missing venter). Paratype ff: Solomon Islands: left label: Solomon Is / Guadalcanal / on coconut / coll. E.S. Brown / 532(c) vii.54 / CIE 3176/13920; right label: Paralecanium / nr. expansum / quadratum / Green [all crossed out] / D.J. Williams; middle label: Discochiton browni / Hodgson / Illustr.

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 1

Systematics: Discochiton browni differs from all other known Discochiton species in that the adult females have the following unique combination of characters: (i) each stigmatic cleft with a sclerotised, saw-like margin and basal sclerotisation with numerous nodule-like structures, (ii) spiracular disc-pores in broad bands 4+ pores wide, (iii) multilocular disc-pores only present on abdominal segments VII and VI (usually VII–V), (iv) dorsal setae each finely spinose or setose, (v) leg stubs present, and (vi) preopercular pores associated with all abdominal clear areas.
Structure: Slide-mounted material adult female. Body oval, broadest across abdomen. Length 4.0–7.5 mm, width 3.0–5.5 mm.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018. Discochiton browni is currently restricted to the Solomon Islands. Judging from the number of times this species has been collected in the Solomon Islands, it appears to be widespread and quite common.

HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 18-20