Valid Names Results

Insularicoccus carolinensis (Beardsley, 1966) (Coccidae: Insularicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Paralecanium carolinensis Beardsley 1966: 488. Type data: CAROLINE ISLANDS: Losap Island, Losap, on Pandanus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; accepted valid name
• Paralecanium carolinense Beardsley, 1966; Pellizzari & Williams 2013: 408. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
• Insularicoccus carolinensis (Beardsley, 1966); Hodgson & Williams 2018: 11. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2018: pp.11 ( Adult (F) ) [Insularicoccus species]

Remarks

• Systematics: In the original description, Beardsley (1966) considered that the larger dorsal pores were loculate (described as stellate and shown as quinquelocular in the figure) but on the specimens seen here this did not appear to be true; here they are thought to represent a group of preopercular pores that have fused. In addition, the smallest dorsal pores were described as small tubular ducts; many of them do have an inner ductule but it is here considered that these pores are simple pores with an inner ductule. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body almost round, symmetrical. Length 2.0–2.5 [3.0] mm, width 1.7–2.0 [2.5] mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Beardsley (1966). Detailed redescription and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

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