Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes kunmingensis (Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991) (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Paracerostegia kunmingensis Tang & Xie in Tang 1991: 310. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Kunming City, on Pittosporum glabratum.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name
• Ceroplastes kunmingensis (Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991); Ben-Dov 1993: 41. change of combination
• Ceroplastes kumingensis (Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991); Tao 1999: 52. Type depository: Sáo Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva da Universidade Federal de Sáo Carlos, Sáo Paulo, Brazil; misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WuWa2019: pp.521 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes in China]
• FetykoKo2012: pp.293 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ceroplastes in the Palaearctic Region based on slide-mounted adult females]

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Ceroplasinae (Choi & Lee, 2019) Deng, et al. (2012) determined DNA COI barcoding sequences for six Chinese Ceroplastes species. Ceroplastes kunmingensis generated a distinct COI sequence. GenBank Accessions JQ795609-JQ795722. 28S DNA sequences: GenBank Accessions JQ795495-JQ795608.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1991).

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