Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes cassiae (Chavannes, 1848) (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus cassiae Chavannes 1848: 141. Type data: BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Gália, Estacao Ecologica de Caetetus, on Machaerium acutifolium; collected A.L.B.G. Peronti, 5/01/2003.. Neotype, female, by subsequent designation (PerontSoGr2008,148). Type depository: Sáo Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva da Universidade Federal de Sáo Carlos, Sáo Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Notes: The syntypes of Chavannes were collected in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Bosafogo Bay, on Cassia sp. Depository of Chavannes' type material unknown (Ben-Dov, 1993).
• Columnea gray Targioni Tozzetti 1866: 145. replacement name that is unjustified
• Ceroplastes gray (Targioni Tozzetti, 1866); Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 728. change of combination
• Ceroplastes cassiae (Chavannes, 1848); Signoret 1869: 848. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• PerontSoGr2008: pp.142-144 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of São Paulo, Brazil]

Remarks

• Structure: Colour photo of adult female by Peronti et al. (008).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Peronti et al. (2008).

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