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Platycoccus tylocephalus Stickney, 1934 (Halimococcidae: Platycoccus)

Platycoccus tylocephalus Stickney 1934: 108-116. Type data: UNITED STATES: Hawaii, Honolulu, on "palm", 1920, by L.A. Whitney. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: In the USNM is one slide marked "holotype" and two marked "paratype" and eight marked "type." All of these must be considered syntypes since Stickney made no mention of a holotype in his original description. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Arecaceae | Stickn1934
Pritchardia martii | Beards1963 | (= Pritchardia kahanae)(= Pritchardia martiodes)(= Pritchardia rockiana)
Pritchardia remota | Beards1963

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female with segmentation indicated largely by positions of spiracles and setae. Typical specimen 1.3 mm long and 0.56 mm wide (Stickney, 1943).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of egg, first instar, both sexes second instar, third and fourth instar males and both sexes of adult by Stickney (1943).