Valid Names Results

Discochiton milleri (Takahashi, 1939) (Coccidae: Discochiton)

Nomenclatural History

• Paralecanium milleri Takahashi 1939: 114. Type data: MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur, on Annona muricata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name
• Paralecanium milleti Takahashi, 1939; Tang 1991: 131. misspelling of species epithet
• Discochiton milleri (Takahashi, 1939); Hodgson & Williams 2018: 48. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2018: pp.16-18 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Discochiton]
• Tang1991: pp.127 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult females of D. milleri are fairly easily recognized by the following combination of character-states: (i) the rather dispersed distribution of the preopercular pores, associated with only 3 pairs of clear areas, (ii) lack of large dorsal pores, (iii) dorsal setae setose, many of which are curved, (iv) the absence of legs, (v) very short antennae and (vi) a more or less unsclerotised dorsum. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body oval, broadest posteriorly. Length 2.6–3.0 mm, width 2.2–2.3 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Tang (1991). Detailed redescription and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018. Ben-Dov (1993) indicated that these specimens were originally deposited in the Selengor Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. However, all scale insect slides in that collection were transferred to the BMNH in 1955. No slides with type data were found there by Hodgson & Williams, 2018; therefore, the whereabouts of the type slides is uncertain. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)

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