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 1 1 162 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.