Valid Names Results
Paralecanium ovatum Morrison, 1921 (Coccidae: Paralecanium)Nomenclatural History
- Paralecanium ovatum Morrison 1921: 671. Type data: SINGAPORE: Botanic Gardens, on Pandanus 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
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Arecaceae
- Cyrtostachys renda | HodgsoWi2018
- Pandanaceae
- Pandanus | Ali1971 HodgsoWi2018 Morris1921
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Indonesia | BenDov1993
- Malaysia | Takaha1950a
- Papua New Guinea | BenDov1993
- Singapore | Ali1971
Keys
- TanMeXi2024: pp.483-484 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Paralecanium]
- HodgsoWi2018: pp.77-79 ( Adult (F) ) [Paralecanium species]
Remarks
- Systematics: In having reduced legs, adult female P. ovatum are similar to those of P. neoguineense—see under that species for a comparison. Of the Paralecanium species that have distinct membranous radial lines extending medially from the margin and broad submedial bands of large dorsal pores, the small size of the legs makes identification of these two species easy. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
- Structure: Slide-mounted adult female. Body broadest posteriorly and more pointed anteriorly. Length 2.0–2.5 mm, width 1.3–1.5 mm. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
- General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1971: distribution, host, 38
- BenDov1993: catalog, 206-207
- HodgsoWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 77-79, 124-126
- Morris1921: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 671-674
- Takaha1950: distribution, host, 71
- Takaha1950a: distribution, host, 49
- TanMeXi2024: key, 484
- WilliaWa1990: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 134-135
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 159
