Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes sinoiae Hall, 1931 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes helichrysi sinoiae Hall 1931: 296. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Sinoia, on Ficus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype (designated in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012) Ximbabwe [Southern Rhodesia]: top label: Ceroplastes / helichrysi var. / sinoiae Hall / Ficus sp. / S. Rhodesia.
- Gascardia sinoiae (Hall, 1931); De Lotto 1965a: 204. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 10 | Genera: 9
- Apocynaceae
- Apocynaceae | HodgsoPe2012 | (= Asclepiadaceae)
- Bignoniaceae
- Jacaranda mimosifolia | DeLott1965a
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbiaceae | HodgsoPe2012
- Fabaceae
- Acacia | Hodgso1969
- Brachystegia spiciformis | Almeid1973b
- Hypericaceae
- Hypericum revolutum | DeLott1965a
- Lamiaceae
- Coleus | Hodgso1969
- Loganiaceae
- Strychnos innocua | HodgsoPe2012
- Moraceae
- Ficus | Hall1931
- Ficus thonningii | DeLott1965a | (= Ficus burkei)
- Rubiaceae
- Gardenia | Hodgso1969
- Verbenaceae
- Verbenaceae | HodgsoPe2012
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus helvolus | TavareSaDa2019
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Angola | Almeid1973b
- Kenya | WatsonOuKa2021
- Madagascar | HodgsoPe2012
- South Africa | DeLott1965a
- Zimbabwe | Hall1931 Hodgso1969
Keys
- HodgsoPe2012: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females in the C. longicauda-group.]
- HodgsoWiGi2009: pp.102-104 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of South Africa]
Remarks
- Systematics: This species was originally described as a variety of C. helichrysi Hall. As pointed out by De Lotto (1965), C. sinoiae, although bearing a close superficial resemblance to C. helichrysi, is clearly specifically different and, in fact, is rather easily distinguished from the latter species. Some of the main differences between these 2 species are (character-states of C. helichrysi in brackets): (i) caudal process heavily sclerotised (barely sclerotised); (ii) loculate microducts of the complex type (simple type); (iii) tubular ducts on abdominal segments restricted to anogenital fold (also present medially and submarginally); (iv) tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis present (absent), and (v) dorsal setae mainly longer than width of basal sockets (subequal or shorter). (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
- Structure: "Test of full-grown adult female hemispherical, not divided into plates, with a shallow medio-dorsal depression at the centre of which is situated a minute elongate boss; wax evenly white in colour; dimensions 8 mm long; 8 mm wide; 6 mm high." (De Lotto, 1965).
- Biology: A uniparental species, which develops one annual generation on Jacaranda in South Africa. Bedford (1968) produced a comprehensive study on various aspects of the biology of this wax scale.
- Economic Importance: An urban pest of Jacaranda trees in South Africa (Bedford, 1968).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1965a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Almeid1973b: distribution, host, 5
- Bedfor1968: biological control, chemical control, chemistry, distribution, ecology, economic importance, host, life history, structure, 1-111
- BenDov1993: catalog, 56-57
- DeLott1965a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 204-207
- Greath1971: biological control, distribution, host,
- Hall1931: distribution, host, 296
- Hodgso1969: distribution, host, 37
- HodgsoPe2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 73-75,241
- HodgsoWiGi2009: taxonomy, 102-104
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- QinGu1995: taxonomy, 302
- QinGuBe1994: taxonomy, 541-549
- RosaPeSo2011: structure, 19
- WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, host, 77
