Valid Names Results

Platylecanium coelogyne Hodgson, 2025 (Coccidae: Platylecanium)

Platylecanium coelogyne Hodgson 2025a: 160. Type data: THAILAND: ex Coelogynae sp. stem, on 11/10/1972, by L.H. Tengen. 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: All specimens slightly damaged and all paratype specimens heavily sclerotized. These specimens were intercepted by the U.S. phytosanitary services in Hawaii. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Platylecanium coelogyne. is characterised by having the following combination of haracter-states: (i) moderately developed antennae showing distinct segmentation; (ii) each stigmatic cleft with three short, blunt stigmatic spines, all subequal in length; (iii) absence of unsclerotised rays extending medially from each stigmatic cleft; (iv) margin not crenulated; (v) marginal setae longer than dorsal setae and rather abundant; (vi) anal plates about as long as their combined widths; (vii) sclerotisation along posterior margin of each anal plate stopping abruptly at a notch in the posterior margin; (viii) preopercular pores very few, almost entirely restricted to posterior two clear areas; (ix) legs present but reduced to just claws, and (x) spiracular disc-pores in bands 2 or 3 pores wide. The presence of: (i) moderately developed antennae showing distinct segmentation, (ii) very short, blunt stigmatic setae, and (iii) absence of unsclerotised rays extending medially from each stigmatic cleft immediately separates P. coelogyne from all other known Platylecanium species.
Structure: Body oval and symmetrical, length 2.9‒3.5 mm, width 2.0‒3.0 mm; anal cleft quite long, about 1/5th ‒1/6th of body length. (Hodgson, 2025a)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson, 2025a.

Hodgso2025a: description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 160-162