Valid Names Results

Discochiton luzonicum (Cockerell, 1914) (Coccidae: Discochiton)

Nomenclatural History

• Paralecanium luzonicum Cockerell 1914b: 333. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Los Banos, on Alectronia [=Alectryon] viridis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Podoparalecanium luzonicum (Cockerell, 1914); Tao, Wong & Chang 1983: 100. change of combination
• Discochiton luzonicum (Cockerell, 1914); Hodgson & Williams 2018: 35. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2018: pp.16-18 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Discochiton]

Remarks

• Systematics: Within Discochiton, only adult female D. luzonicum and D. trifasciatum have well-developed legs. They can be separated fairly easily as D. luzonicum has the preopercular pores restricted to CA4 whereas D. trifasciatum has them associated with CA2–CA4 or CA3 and CA4. In addition, D. luzonicum has hair-like setae on antennal segments IV and V whereas these are absent on D. trifasciatum.
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body oval, slightly more pointed anteriorly. Length 3.8–4.5 mm, width 3.1–3.7 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

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