Valid Names Results

Paralecanium minutum Takahashi, 1951 (Coccidae: Paralecanium)

Paralecanium minutum Takahashi 1951b: 103. Type data: INDONESIA: Riau [=Riouw] Islands, Rempang, host plant not indicated.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name

Countries: 1

Systematics: Adult female P. minutum are immediately recognisable by the structure of the marginal sclerotisation and ornamentation, which forms narrow collars around the stem of each marginal seta. They are also thought to have only a single stigmatic seta in each cleft but all of these appeared to be missing in the present study—although Takahashi (1952) states “stigmatic clefts small, entirely closed within the margin, with a single (?) spine which is normal in shape, bluntly pointed and not reaching the margin.” However, each cleft does appear to have a single setal socket. Another feature that may be significant is the transverse sclerotisation at the anterior end of each anal plate apodeme, although this may occur more widely in more mature specimens. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body almost round but slightly more pointed anteriorly; clearly showing some asymmetry, particularly ventrally. Length 1.9 mm, width 1.7 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

Ali1971: distribution, host, 38
BenDov1993: catalog, 206
HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 116-118
Takaha1951b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 103-104
TanMeXi2024: key, 483
ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 159