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

Ceroplastes elaeis Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 172. Type data: ANGOLA:Salazar, on Elaeis guineensis, 8/16/1968, by P. de Carvalho. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

HodgsoPe2012: pp.171-172 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Ceroplastes theobromae-group]

Systematics: C. elaeis is here considered to belong to the C. theobromae-group because, although each group of stigmatic setae is clearly broader than deep, no setae extend out of the cleft along the margin. As in other members of the C. theobromae group, it also lacks ventral tubular ducts in the cephalic region. It is close to C. quadrilineatus and C. mori but can be best separated using the characters in the key above. It is also somewhat similar to C. danieleae but C. danieleae has a large group of ventral tubular ducts in the cephalic region. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
Structure: Body oval, probably rather convex, with shallow, stigmatic clefts; dorsum with small distinct tubercles. Caudal process short and stout, probably pointing dorso-posteriorly. Length 3.43 [1.5-3.5] mm, total width of mounted specimen 3.08 [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, 171,172-174,183,243