Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes danieleae Hodgson & Peronti, 2012 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Ceroplastes danieleae Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 104-107. Type data: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), on mulberry (Morus nigra) by Ringoot. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Ceroplastes danielae Hodgson & Peronti, 2012; Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 241. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

HodgsoPe2012: pp.100 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females in the Ceroplastes rusci-group]

Systematics: Holotype on glass slide with data scratched on the slide by Hall; with manuscript name C. solidus, probably given by Green. Paratype also labelled C. solidus, a manuscript name. Ceroplastes danieleae is very similar to C. mori, and, was initially identified as such. However, importantly, it has a large group of tubular ducts in the cephalic region, absent on C. mori. Green clearly recognised this as different when he gave this material the manuscript name C. solidus but unfortunately he left no notes as to what this species looked like in life. On the other hand, his suggested specific name can surely only refer to the wax which is therefore likely to be firm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
Structure: Body roundly oval and probably convex, with distinct, moderately deep, stigmatic clefts; dorsum with distinct tubercles. Caudal process broad and stout. Length 1.3–3.7 mm; width 1.5–3.0 mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012.

HodgsoPe2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 99,100,104-106,242