Valid Names Results

Paralecanium comperei Hodgson & Williams, 2018 (Coccidae: Paralecanium)

Nomenclatural History

Paralecanium comperei Hodgson & Williams 2018: 88-90. Type data: AUSTRALIA: West Australia, on Banksia, 3/28/1911, by Geo. Compere. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype f: Australia: left label: Paralecanium / n. sp./ Australia / George Compere, coll. / Compere #154; right label: Paralecanium / comperei / Hodgson / paratype (USNM): 1/1adf (f-p, missing venter). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Proteaceae

Banksia | HodgsoWi2018

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Australia

Western Australia | HodgsoWi2018

Keys

TanMeXi2024: pp.483-484 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Paralecanium]
HodgsoWi2018: pp.77-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Paralecanium species]

Remarks

Systematics: Paralecanium comperei/i> is easily separable from the other Paralecanium species in having the following combination of characters: (i) narrow fan-like marginal setae; (ii) very long dorsal setae, each over 30 μm long; (iii) dorsal pores in a clear polygonal pattern, and (iv) unusually long median stigmatic setae, each more than 50 μm long. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)

Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body oval, rather pointed anteriorly, more rounded posteriorly. Length 3.75 mm, width 2.65 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)

General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.