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Platylecanium asymmetricum Morrison, 1921 (Coccidae: Platylecanium)

Platylecanium asymmetricum Morrison 1921: 667. Type data: SINGAPORE: Government Hill, on Pinanga sp.. Syntypes, female, male, and first instar, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Platylecanium assymmetricum Morrison, 1921; Takahashi 1950a: 57. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1991). The key in the paper, Joshi, S., & Firake, D.M. 2019 First record of Platylecanium nepalense Takagi (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India, with redescription and a key to the species of Platylecanium Cockerell & Robinson, is for species of Platylecanium in the world, but by mistake Joshi wrote it's heading as key to the species known from India. (Joshi, pers. comment)