Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes purpureus Hempel, 1900 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

Ceroplastes purpureus Hempel 1900a: 466. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Ypiranga, on Miconia sp. and other trees.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Melastomataceae

Miconia | Hempel1900a

Myrtaceae

Myrtaceae | PerontSoGr2008

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Brazil

Sao Paulo | Hempel1900a PerontSoGr2008

Keys

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

Remarks

Structure: Colour photo 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, 48
Cocker1902p: distribution, 253
Fernal1903b: catalog, 155
Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 466-467
Hempel1901a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 63-64
PerontSoGr2008: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 173
QinGu1995: taxonomy, 301
QinGuBe1994: taxonomy, 541-549
Vernal1953: distribution, host, 129-130
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 213