Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes formosus Hempel, 1900 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes formosus Hempel 1900a: 468. Type data: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Pocos de Caldas, on Eugenia sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (PerontSoGr2008,160). Type depository: Curitiba: Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Myrtaceae
- Eugenia | Hempel1900a
- Eugenia sprengelii | PerontSoGr2008
- Plinia cauliflora | PerontSoGr2008 | (= Myrciaria cauliflora)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil
- Minas Gerais | PerontSoGr2008
- Sao Paulo | PerontSoGr2008
Keys
- PerontSoGr2008: pp.142-144 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of São Paulo, Brazil]
Remarks
- Structure: Colour photograph of adult female by Peronti et al. (2008).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Peronti et al. (2008).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 36
- Cocker1902p: distribution, 253
- Fernal1903b: catalog, 152
- Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 468
- Hempel1901a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 64
- PerontSoGr2008: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 160-161
- Vernal1953: distribution, host, 127
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 210
