Review of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Laos
Author
Choi, Jinyeong
Author
Soysouvanh, Pheophanh
Author
Lee, Seunghwan
Author
Hong, Ki-Jeong
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-17
4460
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journal article
29001
10.11646/zootaXa.4460.1.1
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Genus
Ceroplastes
Gray, 1828
Type species:
Coccus
(
Ceroplastes
)
janeirensis
Gray, 1828
, by subsequent designation.
FIGURE 5.
Drepanococcus chiton
(Green, 1909)
, adult female, from Williams & Watson (1990). A, dorsal microduct; B, simple pore; C, preopercular pores; D, anal plates; E. multilocular disc-pore; F. anterior and lateral marginal setae on anogenital fold; G, ventral tubular duct; H, spiracular disc-pore; I, stigmatic spine (broken) and marginal setae; J, ventral microduct.
Diagnosis.
Mature adult females hemispherical, with a sclerotised caudal process, entirely covered with a thick wax; wax test with distinct shape and color (
Figs 6A
,
8A
,
10A
,
12A
,
14A
); dorsal derm with clear areas lacking either pores or setae (
Figs 7
,
9
,
11
,
13
,
15
); characteristic stigmatic spines numerous, arranged in and beside stigmatic clefts or on margin (
Figs 6C
,
7C
,
8C
,
9B
,
10D
,
11K
,
12C
,
13A
,
14D
,
15B
) (
Gill 1988
;
Hodgson 1994
;
Hodgson & Peronti 2012
).
Remarks.
Ceroplastes
is a large genus, comprising about 144 described species from all zoogeographical regions (
García Morales
et al.
2016
). In the field, members of the genus are easily recognized by the thick wax test on the dorsum of the adult female. Adult female
Ceroplastes
differ from all other Lao
Coccidae
species in possessing characteristic stigmatic spines (
Hodgson & Peronti 2012
).