Revision of the soft scale genus Paralecanium (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) with the introduction of three new genera and twenty new species
Chris J. Hodgson
Douglas J. Williams
Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-05
4443
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162
Hodgson & Williams
Hodgson & Williams
[151,633,1123,1149]
Insecta
Coccidae
Mariacoccus
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
139
140
Arthropoda
genus
gen. nov.
Type species: Paralecanium marianum Cockerell, 1902.
Generic diagnosis.As this is a monotypic genus, the species description acts as the generic diagnosis. Name derivation.The generic name Mariacoccusis composed of Maria-, taken from Mariain Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and - coccus, Latin (masculine, meaning a grain or seed), a name commonly used for scale insects.