Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes ajmerensis (Avasthi & Shafee, 1979) (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Cerostegia ajmerensis Avasthi & Shafee 1979: 36. Type data: INDIA: Rajasthan, Ajmer, Hathi Bhata, on Cassia fistula.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Zoology, India; accepted valid name
- Ceroplastes neoceriferus Yousuf & Shafee 1988: 61. Type data: INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Solan, on Citrus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Zoology, India; junior synonym (discovered by AvasthSh1991b, 22).
- Paracerostegia ajmerensis (Avasthi & Shafee, 1979); Tang 1991: 304. change of combination
- Ceroplastes ajmerensis (Avasthi & Shafee, 1979); Varshney 1992: 78. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Fabaceae
- Cassia fistula | AvasthSh1979 AvasthSh1986 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Myrtaceae
- Psidium guajava | ShafeeYoKh1989 YousufSh1988
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | AvasthSh1991b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- India | ShafeeYoKh1989
- Himachal Pradesh | AvasthSh1991b
- Rajasthan | AvasthSh1979 AvasthSh1986
Keys
- JoshiBhPo2021: pp.568 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian species of Ceroplastes]
- Tang1991: pp.304 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
Remarks
Illustrations
Citations
- AvasthSh1979: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 36-37
- AvasthSh1986: distribution, host, 334
- AvasthSh1991b: distribution, host, 22-23
- BenDov1993: catalog, 20
- JoshiBhPo2021: key, 568
- ShafeeYoKh1989: distribution, host, taxonomy, 48-49
- Tang1991: distribution, host, 304-305
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, taxonomy, 78
- Varshn2005: distribution, host, taxonomy, 155
- YousufSh1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61-63
