Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes luteolus De Lotto, 1955 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroplastes luteolus De Lotto 1955: 268. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Coffea arabica, 5/24/1953, by G. DeLotto.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype females: Kenya, Nairobi, on Markhamia platycalyx, 7/17/1953, G. De Lotto (BMNH): 1/1_x000D_ (good). Also a single paratype specimen with same data as holotype present in USNM.
• Ceroplastes brevicauda; De Lotto 1965a: 196. incorrect synonymy
• Ceroplastes luteolus Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 50. revived rank (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoPe2012: pp.49 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of C. destructor-group of Ceroplastes in the Afrotropical Region]

Remarks

• Systematics: De Lotto (1965) synonymised C. luteolus with C. brevicauda Hall. These 2 species are very similar but Hodgson and Peronti, 2012, suggest that they are distinct. The specimens of C. luteolus studied were young adults. The caudal process of young adult C. brevicauda is never more than weakly sclerotised. Even on the oldest adult females, the caudal process is never more heavily sclerotised than the rest of the dorsum. The caudal processes of young C. luteolus, on the other hand, are heavily sclerotised, although still rather uniform in structure. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• Structure: Test of the adult female more or less hemispherical with a deep depression along the lateral margin, not divided into plates; center of the dome with a small elongate pad. Colour evenly light yellow with four bands of opaque white wax arising from the stigmatic clefts; wax rather thick and extremely soft. Length 4 to 6 mm; breadth 5 to 7 mm. Denuded of wax, the body of the female is hemispherical, devoid of lateral or cephalic tubercles; caudal process very short, conical and strongly chitinised; dermis at full maturity only moderately chitinised. (De Lotto, 1955)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012.

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