Valid Names Results

Waxiella subsphaerica (Newstead, 1911) (Coccidae: Waxiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroplastes subsphaericus Newstead 1911a: 166. Type data: EAST AFRICA [TANZANIA]: Ngambo, on Albizia lebbeck.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Ceroplastes berliniae Hall 1931: 291. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Mazoe, Banket and Salisbury, El Dorado, Rusape, on Brachystegia flagristipulata and on Berlinia globiflora and on Brachystegia sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by HodgsoPe2012, 228).
• Ceroplastes berliniae enkeldoorni Hall 1931: 292. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Enkeldoorn, on undetermined plant.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by HodgsoPe2012, 228).
• Gascardia berliniae (Hall, 1931); De Lotto 1965: 181. change of combination
• Gascardia berliniae enkeldoorni (Hall, 1931); De Lotto 1965: 181. change of combination
• Gascardia enkeldoorni (Hall, 1931); Hodgson 1969: 25. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; change in status (level)
• Ceroplastes aff. berliniae var. enkel; Almeida 1969: 15. Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; Sáo Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva da Universidade Federal de Sáo Carlos, Sáo Paulo, Brazil; misidentification
• Waxiella berliniae (Hall, 1931); De Lotto 1971: 148. change of combination
• Waxiella enkeldoorni (Hall, 1931); De Lotto 1971: 148. change of combination
• Waxiella subsphaericus (Newstead, 1911); De Lotto 1971: 148. change of combination
• Waxiella berliniae (Hall, 1931); De Lotto 1971: 148. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 13

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoPe2012: pp.226 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of the Waxiella subdenudata-group]

Remarks

• Systematics: The available material of W. subsphaerica differs from W. subdenudata in having the marginal setae along the anterior margin of the head all long and sharply spinose, whereas on W. subdenudata they are short and bluntly pointed. In addition, the dorsal setae on W. subsphaerica are mostly clearly longer than the width of the basal socket (particularly away from the margin), and mostly narrowing to a moderately sharp apex, whereas on W. subdenudata they are all short and blunt, subequal in length to the width of their basal sockets and with more or less parallel sides. In addition, W. subdenudata appears to have fewer spinose and conical stigmatic setae.
• Structure: "Test of adult female white, very highly convex and approximately oval in outline, the short axis being the longitudinal axis of the insect. A very deep mediodorsal longitudinal depression is usually present giving a bilobed appearance. In the centre of this depression is a small, flattened, transversely striated whitish boss which often carries indications of longitudinal striations in addition. In very young individuals, this boss very nearly covers the entire insect. Opercular plates black, or very dark, and sunken; in some examples, this and the mediodorsal depression are continuous. The wax is soft in fresh specimens and unusually deep in relation to the size of the insect. Fusion frequently takes place where individuals are contiguous. A localised tinge of pink is seen in some specimens. Denuded of its wax test, the adult female is oval in outline, being longer than broad. The central portion is raised into a conical dome which has a tendency to be directed posteriorly. The margin is flattened and rounded, and it appears as though the central dome is set on a cushion. The cephalic lobe is comparatively well developed. Stigmatic clefts deep and conspicuous (from the under surface of the insect). A cephalic and three bilateral tubercles are present; these are small and conical, but in some specimens they are very much better developed than others. Caudal process short, conical, with its axis at approximately 45° with that of the main body. Length of test of adult female 5-6.5 mm; breadth 8-9.5 mm, length of adult female 4 mm; breadth 2.5 mm" (Hall, 1931). Mounted material. Body almost round; stigmatic clefts distinct and quite broad; derm membranous apart from caudal process; caudal process well developed and conical; dorsum with small, distinct lateral tubercles. Length 2.6-3.3 mm, width 2.4-3.1 mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Hodgson (1994a).Good description and illustration of adult female by Hodgson (1969).

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