Valid Names Results

Discochiton vacuum (Morrison, 1921) (Coccidae: Discochiton)

Paralecanium vacuum Morrison 1921: 674. Type data: SINGAPORE: on Ficus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Discochiton vacuum (Morrison, 1921); Hodgson & Williams 2018: 73. change of combination

Families: 5 | Genera: 5

Countries: 5

Systematics: Adult female D. vacuum belong to the group of Discochiton that have preopercular pores associated with all four abdominal clear areas but differs from all others in having: (i) leg stubs, (ii) long, rather spinose, setae in submedial bands on the dorsum, and (iii) broad spiracular disc-pore bands. However, it is here considered that the long setae are easily broken off and, therefore, most setae appear to be represented only by their basal sockets (which might be mistaken for large, sclerotised dorsal pores). (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body broadly and roundly oval, showing no asymmetry. Large, length 6.4–9.5 mm, width 5–8 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed redescription and in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.