Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes mori Hodgson & Peronti, 2012 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroplastes quadrilineatus; Hodgson 1969: 32. misidentification
• Ceroplastes mori Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 180-183. Type data: ZIMBABWE:Harare (=Salisbury), Greendale, on mulberry (Morus nigra), 3/8/1967 by C.J. Hodgson. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoPe2012: pp.171-172 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Ceroplastes theobromae-group]

Remarks

• Systematics: C. mori differs from C. quadrilineatus in the following particulars (data for C. quadrilineatus in brackets): (i) loculate microducts with 3 or 4 satellite loculi absent (both present, those with 3 quite common); (ii) pregenital disc-pores only present on abdominal segments V, VI and VII (present on all abdominal segments); (iii) each stigmatic cleft with usually less than 27 stigmatic setae (over 40); (iv) each stigmatic spine rather pointed (with a rounded apex); and (v) dorsal clear area obvious (possibly absent). C. mori is also similar to C. elaeis, but differs in having: (i) only about half as many stigmatic setae, and (ii) short dorsal setae, each only about as long as the width of the basal socket (clearly longer). C. danieleae is also superficially very similar but has a large group of ventral tubular ducts in the cephalic region. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• Structure: Unmounted material. Wax test not recorded (believed to be white) but with wax removed, medio-dorsal, cephalic and lateral tubercles relatively small but distinct, smoothly rounded, with small tubercles. Caudal process directed upwards at a sharp angle. Stigmatic clefts not deeply indented. Mounted material. Body roundly oval and convex, with distinct, shallow, stigmatic clefts; dorsum with distinct tubercles. Caudal process broad and stout. Length 1.5-4.0 mm; width of young adults 1.5-3 mm; old adults: venter 2.7-2.9 mm, total width 5-6 mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Peronti, 2012.

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