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

Ceroplastes newsteadi Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 130-135. Type data: CAMEROON:Bibundi, on Cacao, 02/??/1905, by Busse. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 9 | Genera: 9

Countries: 10

HodgsoPe2012: pp.100 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females in the Ceroplastes rusci-group]

Systematics: C. newsteadi is a member of the C. rusci-group but differs from the other members of this group in having the following combination of characters: (i) tubular ducts present in cephalic region; (ii) more than 100 stigmatic setae on each side, generally meeting between clefts; (iii) each group of stigmatic setae broadening to 4 or 6 setae deep in each cleft, and non-marginal setae extending a long way along margin laterally; (iv) nearly as many non-marginal as marginal stigmatic setae in each cleft; (v) stigmatic setae often present anterior to eyespots, and (vi) stigmatic setae sharply cone-shaped. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
Structure: Mounted material. Body elongate oval and probably fairly convex, with shallow stigmatic clefts with abundant marginal setae; lateral tubercles distinct although perhaps small. Caudal process short and stout, probably directed rather upwards. Length about 3 (1.0-3.0) mm, width about 2 (0.75-2.2) mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012.