Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes quadrilineatus Newstead, 1910 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroplastes quadrilineatus Newstead 1910c: 193. Type data: UGANDA: Kyetume near Kampala, on Annona muricata, and at Ndege, on Ficus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Gascardia quadrilineata (Newstead, 1910); De Lotto 1965: 182. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 8 | Genera: 9

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Systematics: C. quadrilineatus is very similar to C. elaeis and C. mori, but differs from C. elaeis in having loculate microducts with 3 satellite loculi frequent in wax-plate lines (absent) and it differs from C. mori in having about twice as many stigmatic setae in each cleft. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• Structure: Unmounted material. "Test of adult female - Dorsum with a pair of large divergent pyriform bodies, the narrowed portions of which meet together immediately over the anal orifice; these very prominent swellings are a dull crimson colour with distinct and well-defined narrow transverse blackish bands; under a low magnification the banding has the appearance of striae, so that these very prominent portions of the test bear a striking resemblance to a pair of miniature shells of the genus Gryphaea; sides bulging and somewhat irregular in outline, colour sootycrimson; stigmatic bands pure white, narrow, extending right across the bulging portion of the test, forming 4 conspicuous white lines (2 on each side) against the darker portion of the wax. The wax immediately beneath the surface is white with a pinkish tinge; it contains a large percentage of water, and is soft and readily injured by pressure. Length, 6 mm, width 6 mm, depth 5-7 mm." (Newstead, 1910c). Mounted material. Body probably rather roundly oval and convex, with distinct, shallow, stigmatic clefts; dorsum possibly with small tubercles. Caudal process broad and stout. Body length about 6 (2.5-5.0) mm, width about 4 (1.5-3.5) mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Hodgson & Peronti, 2012. Because C. mori was misidentified as C. quadrilineatus in Hodgson, 1969, it is possible that the records from Zimbabwe refer to C. mori instead of C. quadrilineatus.

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