Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes reunionensis Ben-Dov & Matile-Ferrero, 2000 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes reunionensis Ben-Dov & Matile-Ferrero 2000: 425. Type data: REUNION: Ravine des Cabris, on Platycerium bifurcatum; 28.vi.1998, coll. S. Quilici.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 7
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera indica | BenDovMaGa2000
- Apocynaceae
- Carissa macrocarpa | BenDovMaGa2000
- Cycadaceae
- Cycas revoluta | BenDovMaGa2000
- Lauraceae
- Persea americana | BenDovMaGa2000
- Lythraceae
- Lawsonia inermis | BenDovMaGa2000 | (= Lawsonia alba)
- Myrtaceae
- Syzygium malaccense | BenDovMaGa2000
- Polypodiaceae
- Platycerium bifurcatum | BenDovMaGa2000
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Reunion | BenDovMaGa2000 GermaiMiPa2014
Keys
- HodgsoPe2012: pp.90 ( ) [Key to adult females of Ceroplastes rubens-group]
Remarks
- Systematics: The adult females of C. reunionensis are extremely similar to those of C. rubens. Ben-Dov et al. (2000) did a random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis to compare these 2 species and concluded that they were different genetically but almost indistinguishable morphologically.
- Structure: "Wax of young and fully-grown female pure white; wax test observed on 8 host plants in Réunion, being always white; no discernible division into plates. Wax test of young female 2 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, 1 mm high. Wax test of fully-grown female up to 5 mm long, 4 mm wide, 3 mm high. Middle of test with an oval white wax secretion of first instar; submarginal elevation poorly developed. A dry filamentous wax, very conspicuous on background of test, extends from each mesothoracic and metathoracic spiracle to submargin of test. Anal plates exposed. Body of alcohol preserved specimens light yellow brown." (Ben-Dov, et al., 2000)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Ben-Dov et al. (2000).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovMaGa2000: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 423-433
- GermaiMiPa2014: distribution, 22
- HodgsoPe2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 90-93,242
