Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes dugesii Lichtenstein, 1885 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes dugesii Lichtenstein 1885: cxli. Type data: MEXICO: Guanajuato, Hybiscus [sic], Ficus sphaerocarpa, laurie and rose.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost.
- Ceroplastes ceriferus; Cockerell 1893gg: 373. misidentification
- Ceroplastes dugesii; Cockerell 1893t: 100. subsequent use Notes: Author incorrectly cited.
- Ceroplastes roseatus Townsend & Cockerell 1898: 176. Type data: MEXICO: El Cuyu del Chicosapote, near Frontera, Tabasco, on branches of wild fruit tree 'cojon de venado'.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by GimpelMiDa1974, 39).
- Ceroplastes townsendi Cockerell 1899n: 18. Type data: MEXICO: Arroyo San Isidro, near Frontesa, Tabasco, on bark of a small shrub.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by GimpelMiDa1974, 39).
- Ceroplastes townsendi percrassus Cockerell 1903a: 159. Type data: MEXICO: Jalisco, Zapotlan, on Ficus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by GimpelMiDa1974, 39).
- Ceroplastes roseatus var. B Cockerell 1903a: 157. Type data: MEXICO: Base of Volcan de Colima, on stem of tall herbaceous Compositae.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by GimpelMiDa1974, 39).
- Ceroplastes dugesii; De Lotto 1971c: 140. subsequent use Notes: Author incorrectly cited.
Common Names
- Duges wax scale GimpelMiDa1974 HamonWi1984
- duges wax scale GimpelMiDa1974 HamonWi1984
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 13 | Genera: 15
- Anacardiaceae
- Schinus molle | GimpelMiDa1974
- Annonaceae
- Annona | GimpelMiDa1974 Nakaha1983
- Apocynaceae
- Nerium oleander | GimpelMiDa1974
- Asteraceae
- Asteraceae | Cocker1903a
- Burseraceae
- Bursera simaruba | GimpelMiDa1974 | (= Bursera gummifera)
- Cannabaceae
- Trema micrantha | GimpelMiDa1974 | (=Trema mollis)
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros kaki | GimpelMiDa1974 | var. silvestris
- Malvaceae
- Anotea flavida | Townse1892a | (= Malvaviscus acerifolius)
- Malva | GimpelMiDa1974
- Malvaviscus arboreus | Townse1892a
- Meliaceae
- Guarea guidonia | MestreHoHa2015
- Moraceae
- Ficus | GimpelMiDa1974
- Nyctaginaceae
- Torrubia bracei | HamonWi1984
- Piperaceae
- Piper amalago | GimpelMiDa1974 NakahaMi1981 | (= Piper medium)
- Verbenaceae
- Citharexylum spinosum | MatileEt2006
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Aloencyrtus elisavetae | TrjapiRu2000
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 9
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbuda | BenDov1993
- Cuba | HamonWi1984
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | BenDov1993
- Mexico
- Ciudad de México | NakahaMi1981
- Colima | Cocker1899n Cocker1903a
- Guanajuato | Cocker1893gg Cocker1899n
- Jalisco | Cocker1903a
- Morelos | TrjapiRu2000
- Tabasco | TownseCo1898
- Panama | HamonWi1984
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | NakahaMi1981
- U.S. Virgin Islands | HamonWi1984
- United States
- Florida | HamonWi1984
Keys
- Hodges2002b: pp.208 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of Florida]
- HamonWi1984: pp.18 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, Florida]
- GimpelMiDa1974: pp.19 ( Adult (F) ) [USA]
Remarks
- Structure: See colour photograph in Hamon & Williams (1984).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Gimpel et al. (1974), Hamon & Williams (1984) and by Hodgson (1994a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 32
- Cocker1893cc: taxonomy, 102
- Cocker1893gg: distribution, taxonomy, 373
- Cocker1894d: taxonomy, 311
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 331
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 394
- Cocker1899n: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 17-18
- Cocker1903a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 157,159-160
- DeLott1971: description, taxonomy, 140-141
- Fernal1903b: catalog, 151,155,156,158
- GimpelMiDa1974: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 39-44
- HamonWi1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 25-27
- Hodges2002b: taxonomy, 208
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- Lichte1885: distribution, host, taxonomy, CXLI
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 164
- MestreHoHa2015: distribution, host, 6
- MestreKo2018: distribution, 5
- Meurge2011: distribution, 80
- Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 69
- Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 3
- NakahaMi1981: distribution, host, 29
- QinGu1995: taxonomy, 301
- QinGuBe1994: taxonomy, 541-549
- Townse1892a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 255
- TownseCo1898: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 176-177
- TrjapiRu2000: biological control, distribution, host, 35-42
- Willia1985a: catalog, taxonomy, 229
- Willia2001: distribution, 225-227
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 209, 214, 215
