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Discochiton malainum (Takahashi, 1950) (Coccidae: Discochiton)

Paralecanium malainum Takahashi 1950a: 54. Type data: MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur, Batu Arang, Selangor and SINGAPORE, on mangosteen and on Palaquium sp.. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name (discovered by HodgsoWi2018, 37). Notes: Lectotype f and paralectotype ff designated in Hodgson & Williams, 2018: MALAYSIA, top label: Mangosteen / Type (in red on another small round label), Pres. by / Com. Inst. Ent. / B.M. 1953-789 (on a small white label) / R. Takahashi; bottom label: Paralecanium / malaianum / Takahashi / 13.III.1943 / Kuala / Lumpur (BMNH):
Discochiton malainum (Takahashi, 1950); Hodgson & Williams 2018: 37. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 3

Systematics: Adult female D. malainum belong to the group of Discochiton species that lack legs and have blunt, often capitate dorsal setae but differ from all other Discochiton species in the distribution of the preopecular pores, which, in D. malainum, are in a fairly tight group just mesad of CA4, sometimes in an area of sclerotised derm on older specimens, whereas they occur in a loose group surrounding each clear area in the other Discochiton species. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body broadest posteriorly or nearly circular, but often showing signs of asymmetry, particularly on venter. Length 2.5–5.0 mm, width 1.9–4.5 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

Ali1971: distribution, host, 37
BenDov1993: catalog, 205
HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 37-39
Takaha1950a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 54-55
Willia2017b: list of species, taxonomy, 599