Valid Names Results
Neoceronema africanum (Macfie, 1913) (Coccidae: Neoceronema)Nomenclatural History
- Ceronema africana Macfie 1913: 31. Type data: NIGERIA: Northern Nigeria, Shonga, on Caesalpinia pulcherrima.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Ceronema acaciae Hall 1923: 13. Type data: EGYPT: Luxor, on Acacia arabica nilotica.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Hall1932, 185).
- Ceronema africanum Macfie, 1913; Pellizzari & Williams 2013: 407. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Neoceronema africanum (Macfie, 1913); Hodgson 2021: 58. change of combination
Common Names
- African wax scale AbdRabEv2021
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 8
- Fabaceae
- Acacia | EzzatHu1969 Hall1932
- Acacia nilotica | AbdRabEv2021 EzzatHu1969 Hall1923 Hall1927d Hall1932 | (= Acacia arabica)
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Hall1932 Hodgso1967c Macfie1913 Sassce1915 AbdRabEv2021
- Cajanus cajan | EtiennMa1993
- Desmanthus virgatus | EtiennMa1993
- Desmodium scorpiurus | EtiennMa1993
- Vigna | EtiennMa1993
- Vigna unguiculata | EtiennMa1993
- Moraceae
- Ficus carica | Hall1932
- Rhamnaceae
- Ziziphus | BalachMa1970
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 7
- Egypt | EzzatHu1969 Hall1923 Hall1925 Hall1927d
- Mali | EtiennMa1993
- Mauritania | BalachMa1970
- Nigeria | Hodgso1967c Newste1914 Sassce1915
- Senegal | EtiennMa1993
- Zanzibar | Green1916a
- Zimbabwe | Hall1932 Hodgso1967c
Keys
- Hodgso2021: pp.58 ( Adult (F) ) [Neoceronema species]
- MohammMo2013: pp.146-148 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species and subspecies of family coccidae in Egypt]
- Hodgso1969a: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [Zimbabwe]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Ezzat & Hussein (1969) and by Hodgson (1967c).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 28
- BalachMa1970: distribution, host, 1085
- BenDov1993: catalog, 16
- EtiennMa1993: distribution, host, 254
- EzzatHu1969: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 379-381
- EzzatNa1987: distribution, host, 86
- Green1916a: description, distribution, host, 376
- Hall1923: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 13-14
- Hall1925: distribution, taxonomy, 21
- Hall1927d: distribution, host, 277
- Hall1932: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 185-186
- Hodgso1967c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 2-3
- Hodgso1969a: taxonomy, 4
- Hodgso2021: key, taxonomy, 58
- Macfie1913: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 31-34
- Matile1978: taxonomy, 44
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 149
- MohammMo2013: illustration, taxonomy, 147, 153
- Newste1914: distribution, host, 305
- PellizWi2013: taxonomy, 407
- Sassce1915: distribution, host, taxonomy, 31
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 206