Valid Names Results

Platylecanium dendrobii Hodgson, 2025 (Coccidae: Platylecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Platylecanium dendrobii Hodgson 2025a: 167. Type data: SINGAPORE: Intercepted at Seattle, 6/2/1939, by J.W. Berryhill. 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

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: P. dendrobii is close P. elongatum and P. cyperi. Based on Takahashi’s description, P. dendrobii differs from P. elongatum in having a very long median stigmatic spine, extending out as far as margin (median stigmatic spine on P. elongatum subequal to or shorter than other stigmatic spines), and in possessing dorsal areolations (apparently absent on P. elongatum. Platylecanium dendrobii differs from P. cyperi in having (i) a body with somewhat pointed ends (evenly rounded in P. cyperi), (ii) long median stigmatic spines reaching to margin (not reaching margin in P. cyperi), and (iii) in having normally only 1 marginal seta associated with each marginal reticulation point (P. cyperi usually has 2‒4 setae associated with each reticulation point).
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body elongate and fairly narrow, symmetrical and somewhat pointed at each end, length 3.95 mm, width 0.94 mm; anal cleft about 1/7th of body length. Platylecanium dendrobii can be diagnosed by the following combination of character states: (i) body elongate and symmetrical in shape; (ii) anal plates clearly longer than their combined width; (iii) each anal plate with anterior margin clearly shorter than posterior margin and with a pointed apex; (iv) body margin not crenulated; (v) marginal setae only slightly longer than dorsal setae; (vi) preopercular pores clearly larger than other dorsal pores; (viii) preopercular pores relatively few, and absent from around anteriormost clear area; (ix) each stigmatic cleft with 3 long, narrow stigmatic spines, median spine extending out to margin; (x) multilocular discpores restricted to abdominal segments VII and VI; (xi) legs possibly absent, and (xii) antennae very reduced (Hodgson, 2025a)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson, 2025a.

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