Genus Paralecanium Cockerell in Cockerell & Parrott, 1899

Type species: Lecanium frenchii Maskell, 1891b, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Dorsum with irregular quadrate patterns or radial lines from margin inwards; anal plates each with 3–5 short setae (Figs 33E, 34F); dorsal tubular ducts absent. Marginal setae fan-shaped, each with radial striations in outer area of seta (Figs 32C, 33H, 34A). Stigmatic clefts distinct and sclerotized (Figs 33A, 34B). Venter with multilocular disc-pores each with 10 loculi (Figs 33I, 34H); tubular ducts and microducts absent; and legs without tibio-tarsal articulatory scleroses (Williams & Watson 1990; Hodgson 1994).

Remarks. Paralecanium consists of 29 described species, most of which are from the Oriental and Australian regions (Hodgson 1994; García Morales et al. 2016). Adult females of the genus are easily recognized by the fanshaped marginal setae. Podoparalecanium shares this character with Paralecanium, but differs from it in having an asymmetrical body shape (Hodgson 1994).