Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes tenuitectus Green, 1907 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroplastes tenuitectus Green 1907: 204. Type data: ALDABRA ISLAND: on "Bois la fumee". Unknown type status, unknown, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Ceroplastes rusci; Green 1923b: 94. incorrect synonymy
• Ceroplastes tenuitectus Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 145-148. revived status (position)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoPe2012: pp.100 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females in the Ceroplastes rusci-group]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult female C. tenuitectus appear to be similar to those of C. eugeniae Hall. The distribution of the stigmatic setae and the frequency of ventral tubular ducts are similar. However, the data for the material listed above showed very little variance and all differed from those for C. eugeniae in having significantly smaller limbs and anal plates. Although synomomized with C. rusci by Green (1923b), these specimens are also significantly different, particularly in the distribution of the stigmatic setae, with many more non-marginal setae (about 1/3rd of the total per cleft) and with each group at least 3 deep (many fewer and usually only 2 deep on C. rusci). Hodgson & Peronti, 2012, determined that C. tenuitectus was not a synonym of C. rusci and recognised C. tenuitectus Green as a good species. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• Structure: Body rather roundly oval and convex, with shallow stigmatic clefts; dorsum with distinct lateral tubercles. Caudal process short. Body length 1.35–1.6 mm (2.25-4.5), width of venter 0.68-1.05, total width 0.8-1.38 mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012.

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