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Paralecanium sabia Tan, Meng & Xing, 2024 (Coccidae: Paralecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Paralecanium sabia Tan, Meng & Xing 2024: 479. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou Prov., Libo County, Qinglongtan ( / 25°17′37″N, 108º04′03″E), 487 m altitude, on Sabia swinhoei (Sabiaceae), 7/12/2022, by Shitao Meng.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; Guiyang: Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 6 paratype ♀♀, with 4 mounted singly on 4 slides (GUGC), and 2 on a fifth slide (NFUC)

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TanMeXi2024: pp.483-484 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Paralecanium]

Remarks

• Systematics: Paralecanium sabia is similar to P. maritimum (Green, 1896) in having the following character states: (i) abdominal clear areas absent; (ii) similarly shaped stigmatic clefts and stigmatic spines; (iii) dorsal setae rather short; and (iv) a similar number and distribution of large dorsal pores, multilocular disc-pores and spiracular disc-pores. Paralecanium sabia can be distinguished from the latter by (character states of P. maritimum in brackets): (i) anal plates together only slightly longer than wide, ratio of length to width 1 : 0.80 (anal plates together obviously much longer than wide, ratio of length to width 1 : 0.55); (ii) antennal setose setae absent from segments IV and V (setose setae present on all antennal segments); (iii) dorsal setae with a distinctly blunt apex (with a sharp apex); and (iv) areolations each about 25 μm wide (only about 8 μm wide). (Tan, et al., 2024)
• Structure: Body flat, oval but with a slightly pointed head. Dorsum of mature adult female brown-black and well sclerotized, with a white wax patch over each stigmatic cleft; venter with each spiracular furrow full of powdery white wax, and a sunken dark area (possibly a brood cavity) medially. Younger adult females fawn and slightly transparent, allowing ventral white wax lines in spiracular furrows to be visible from dorsal view; also, when viewed against an illuminated background, each side of abdomen with a lightly colored pattern of 3 or 4 radial lines. (Tan, et al., 2024) Slide-mounted adult female body oval, often symmetrical, rounded at both ends, broadest across abdomen. Length 3.65–3.80 (3.75) mm, width 2.61–2.70 (2.65) mm. (Tan, et al., 2024)
• Biology: Adult females situated close to a major leaf vein. (Tan, et al., 2024)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, illustration and photographs in Tan, et al., 2024.

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