Valid Names Results

Ceroplastes xishuangensis Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroplastes xishuangensis Tang & Xie in Tang 1991: 301. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Jinghong Town, on Cycas siamensis.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name
• Ceroplastes xishuangensis; Ben-Dov 1993: 60. subsequent use
• Ceroplastes xishungensis Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991; Tao 1999: 52. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WuWa2019: pp.521 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes in China]
• FetykoKo2012: pp.293 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ceroplastes in the Palaearctic Region based on slide-mounted adult females]
• Tang1991: pp.297 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species most closely resembles, and is perhaps co-specific with C. rusci, but differs from latter in lacking a cephalic clear area. (Wu & Wang, 2019)
• Biology: Occurring on leaves of its hosts (Tang 1991).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1991).

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