Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes hodgsoni (Matile-Ferrero & Le Ruyet, 1985) (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Gascardia hodgsoni Matile-Ferrero & Le Ruyet 1985: 262. Type data: IVORY COAST: Tai, on Cleistanthus polystachyus.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
• Ceroplastes hodgsoni (Matile-Ferrero & Le Ruyet, 1985); Ben-Dov 1993: 38. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoPe2012: pp.171-172 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Ceroplastes theobromae-group]
• FetykoKo2012: pp.293 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ceroplastes in the Palaearctic Region based on slide-mounted adult females]

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult females of C. hodgsoni differ from all others in this species-group in the very small size of the dorsal setae, which are present in all the dorsal clear areas, in having all loculate microducts of the ruscitype, none apparently with 2 or more satellite loculi, and in having few spiracular disc pores. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• Structure: Body probably rather roundly oval and convex, with distinct, quite deep, stigmatic clefts; dorsum with small lateral tubercles. Caudal process short, placed posteriorly on dorsum. Length about 1.3-1.8 mm, width 1.25-1.38 mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• Biology: Protected under soil shelter constructed by ants, Crematogaster sp. (Matile-Ferrero & Le Ruyet, 1985).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Matile-Ferrero & Le Ruyet (1985). Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012.

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