Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes formicarius Hempel, 1900 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes formicarius Hempel 1900a: 472. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Ypiranga, on Maytenus sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Granar1999,54). Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
- Ceroplastes communis Hempel 1900a: 459. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Ypiranga, on Maytenus sp.. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by PerontSoGr2008, 158).
- Ceroplastes scutigera Cockerell 1902i: 92. Type data: ARGENTINA: Ceres, on a shrub with small, entire oval-laneolate leaves.. 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 Granar1999, 51).
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 9 | Genera: 10
- Achatocarpaceae
- Achatocarpus praecox | Granar1999
- Casuarinaceae
- Casuarina | SilvadGoGa1968
- Celastraceae
- Maytenus | Hempel1900a SilvadGoGa1968
- Loranthaceae
- Loranthus | Granar1999
- Malpighiaceae
- Banisteriopsis oxyclada | PerontSoGr2008
- Byrsonima | PerontSoGr2008
- Myrtaceae
- Plinia edulis | Granar1999 | (= Eugenia edulis)
- Opiliaceae
- Agonandra excelsa | Granar1999
- Salicaceae
- Casearia sylvestris | PerontSoGr2008
- Tamaricaceae
- Tamarix | Granar1999
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus analuciae | TavareSaDa2019
- Metaphycus comes | TavareSaDa2019
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Argentina
- Catamarca | Granar1999
- Chaco | Granar1999
- Entre Rios | Granar1999
- Salta | Granar1999
- San Luis | Granar1999
- Santa Fe | Granar1999
- Tucuman | Granar1999
- Brazil
- Amazonas | PerontSoGr2008
- Pernambuco | PerontSoGr2008
- Sao Paulo | PerontSoGr2008
Keys
- PerontSoGr2008: pp.142-144 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of São Paulo, Brazil]
- Granar1999: pp.48 ( Adult (F) ) [Argentina]
Remarks
- Structure: Colour photo of adult female by Peronti et al. (2008
- Biology: Attended by a species of Camponotus (Hempel, 1900b).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by Granara de Willink (1999) anf by Peronti et al. (2008).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 29,36,54
- Cocker1902i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 92
- Cocker1902p: distribution, 253,254
- Fernal1903b: catalog, 150,152,157
- Granar1999: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 51-54
- GranarCl2003: distribution, host, 627
- Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 459-460,472-473
- Hempel1901: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 560
- Hempel1901a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 67-68
- Lizery1939: catalog, distribution, host, 197
- PerontSoGr2008: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 158-160
- QinGu1995: taxonomy, 301
- QinGuBe1994: taxonomy, 541-549
- SilvadGoGa1968: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 137
- TavareSaDa2019: natural enemies,
- TavareSaDa2019: natural enemies, 4
- Vernal1953: distribution, host, 124,127
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 208, 210
