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

Ceroplastes delottoi Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 162-164. Type data: ANGOLA:Nova Lisboa, on Persea sp., 8/11/1965, by H. Cardosa. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

HodgsoPe2012: pp.161 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Ceroplastes tachardiaformis-group]

Systematics: The main diagnostic characters of this species are: (i) the presence of multilocular disc-pores between the meso- and metacoxae, (ii) the wide gap between each stigmatic cleft without stigmatic setae, and (iii) loculate microducts of the intermediate type. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
Structure: Body roundly oval and probably convex, with distinct but shallow stigmatic clefts; dorsum with distinct tubercles. Caudal process broad and stout. Length 2.25 mm; width of venter 1.5 mm, total width 1.8 mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012.

HodgsoPe2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 162-164,166,168,242