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Paralecanium vacerra Hodgson, 2018 (Coccidae: Paralecanium)

Paralecanium vacerra Hodgson 2018: 136-138. Type data: PHILIPPINES: on orchid leaf, 6/9/1975, by H.L. Rubio /. 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 Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Paralecanium vacerra belongs to the group of Paralecanium species with only a single stigmatic spine in each stigmatic cleft; but the stigmatic spines on P. vacerra are short and very stout. It also has dissimilar claw digitules on the prothoracic legs, whereas they are similar (both broad) on the meso- and metathoracic legs. Claw digitules are similar on all legs on other species. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body broadly oval. Length 1.93 mm, width 1.78 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 136-138
TanMeXi2024: key, 483