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Discochiton crenulatum Hodgson, 2018 (Coccidae: Discochiton)

Discochiton crenulatum Hodgson 2018: 24-26. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: on Orchidaceae, 8/7/1978, by V. McDonald. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype ff: left label: Paralecanium / New Guinea / ex Orchidaceae leaf / 11-7-78 / Los Angeles 19706 / V. McDonald / Balsam; right label: Discochiton / crenulatum / Hodgson Paratype ff (USNM): 1/3adff (g, all young). Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Adult female D. crenulatum are extremely similar to those of D. browni; both are without multilocular disc-pores on abdominal segment V. They differ as follows (character-states forD. browni in brackets): (i) preopercular pores restricted to CA3 and CA4 only (associated with all four pairs of abdominal clear areas, although fewer associated with CA1 and CA2); (ii) legs better developed, showing some segmentation (just simple stubs, with no segmentation), (iii) dorsal setae parallel-sided, only narrowing slightly to a blunt apex (mostly narrowing to a point), and (iv) ventral setae frequent in bands across abdominal segments (very few). (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body oval, broadest across abdomen. Length 4.0–7.5 mm, width 3.0–5.5 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 24-26