Ceroplastes kunmingensis (Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991 )

Wu, San-An & Wang, Xubo, 2019, A review species of the genus Ceroplastes (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in China, Zootaxa 4701 (6), pp. 520-536 : 526

Ceroplastes kunmingensis (Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991)

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Paracerostegia kunmingensis Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991: 310 .

Material examined. YUNNAN: 2 ♀♀, Dali, on Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) , 29.iv.2013, coll. Xubo Wang. 2 ♀♀, Qujing, on Camellia japonica (Theaceae) , 27.iv.2012, coll. Jun Deng & Haibin Li.

Distribution in China. Yunnan.

Host-plants. Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) ; Pittosporum glabratum , P. tobira (Pittosporaceae) ( Wu & Xie 1997).

Biology. Ceroplastes kunmingensis has a similar biology to C. japonicus , but reproduces parthenogenetically. In Kunming city, Yunnan province, it has one generation a year and overwinters as adult females on the twigs of its hosts. The immature stages live on the upper leaf surfaces along the main veins, and the young adult females migrate from the leaves to the twigs when 1–3 years old ( Wu & Xie 1997).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Live appearances. (1) C. centroroseus Chen, on Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae), Yunnan, Kunming; (2) C. ceriferus (Fabricius), on Diospyros kaki (Ebenaceae), Beijing; (3) C. cirripediformis Comstock, on Duranta repens cv. variegata (Verbenaceae), Yunnan, Xishuangbanna; (4) C. floridensis Comstock, on Cinnamomum japonicum (Lauraceae), Fujian, Yongan; (5) C. japonicus (Green), on Platanus acerifolia (Platanaceae), Beijing; (6) C. kunmingensis (Tang & Xie), on Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae), Yunnan, Dali.