Discochiton Hodgson & Willams, 2018: 16

Choi, Jinyeong & Lee, Seunghwan, 2023, A new species of Discochiton Hodgson & Williams (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on bamboo from Myanmar, Zootaxa 5353 (5), pp. 479-487 : 480

Genus Discochiton Hodgson & Willams, 2018: 16

Type species: Paralecanium expansum Green, 1896 , by original designation.

Genus diagnosis. Adult female with stigmatic clefts deep and sclerotized, each cleft usually with 3–6 stigmatic spines in a transverse line along inner margin. Preopercular pores present in groups around at least 1 abdominal clear area on each side. Stigmatic rays present. Marginal radial lines present, generally numbering 13 around anterior margin of head and, on each side, 5 between stigmatic clefts and usually 13 on abdomen. Legs usually absent or reduced to leg stumps ( Hodgson & Williams 2018).