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Ceroputo liquidambaris Zhang & Watson, 2023 (Pseudococcidae: Ceroputo)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroputo liquidambaris Zhang & Watson 2023: 285. Type data: CHINA: Jiangxi Province, Yichun City, Yuanzhou District, Hongtang Town [N 27°54′16″, E 114°18′14″], on leaves and branches of Liquidambar formosana (Altingiaceae), 9/19/2022, by J.-T. Zhang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Jiangxi: College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi, China.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 20 ♀♀, same data as holotype, all mounted singly on slides, including 7 specimens split into dorsal and ventral surfaces (CFJAU); 4 ♀♀, same data as holotype, mounted singly on slides (SWFU). Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangWa2023: pp.289 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroputo species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Ceroputo liquidambaris differs from all other known species of the genus Ceroputo in possessing dorsal multilocular disc pores. Morphologically, C. liquidambaris is closest to C. pini in having quinquelocular pores, ventral multilocular disc pores and dorsal tubular ducts. However, they can be separated as follows (characteristics of C. pini are given in parentheses): (i) multilocular disc pores present on dorsum (absent); (ii) quinquelocular pores present throughout ventral surface (present only near mouthparts); and iii) feeding on Liquidambar formosana (on Pinaceae). (Zhang & Watson, 2023)
• Structure: Adult female oval, yellowish, with short lateral filaments of white wax around entire body margin; dorsum with a thin layer of white powdery wax and some medial small tufts of white wax. At the oviposition stage, the adult female produces an ovisac of cottony white wax filaments that sometimes completely covers body. Slide-mounted adult female body elongate to broadly oval, membranous, largest specimen 4.25 mm long and 3.00 mm wide. Anal lobes moderately developed, each with ventral surface membranous, bearing an apical seta, each seta 280‒315 μm long. Antennae 577‒640 μm long, each with 9 segments. (Zhang & Watson, 2023)
• Biology: The species forms heavy infestations on its host plant and the adult females usually produce large amounts of cottony ovisac wax. (Zhang & Watson, 2023)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustration in Zhang & Watson, 2023)

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