Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green, 1935

(Fig. 10)

Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green, Tao et al., 1983: 98; Tang, 1991: 299; Wang, 2001: 397.

Material examined. YUNNAN: 9 ♀♀, Qujing, on Fatsia japonica, 27.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang ; 4 ♀♀, Kunming, on Buxus megistophylla, 22.iv.2011, coll. Yingjie Zhang ; 5 ♀♀, Kunming, on Magnolia sp., 30.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng & Xubo Wang ; 1 ♀, Kunming, on Michelia yunnanensis, 29.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng & Xubo Wang ; 1 ♀, Dali, on Magnolia grandiflora, 29.iv.2013, coll. Xu Zhang ; 3 ♀♀, Dali, on Persea americana, 29.iv.2013, coll. Xu Zhang ; 10 ♀♀, Mengzi, on Manglietia fordiana, 18.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang ; 8 ♀♀, Weishan, on Buxus sinica, 14.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang ; 1 ♀, Weishan, on Ficus microcarpa, 14.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang.

Distribution in China. Guangdong, Taiwan, Yunnan.

Host-plants. Ilex cornut a ( Aquifoliaceae); Fatsia japonica (Araliaceae); Buxus megistophylla, B. sinica (Buxaceae); Bischofia javanica (Euphorbiaceae); Cinnamomum burmanni, C. camphora, Persea americana (Lauraceae); Magnolia delavayi, M. grandiflora, Magnolia sp., Manglietia fordiana, Michelia yunnanensis (Magnoliaceae); Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae); Cedrus deodara (Pinaceae); Platanus orientalis (Platanaceae); Ixora chinensis (Rubiaceae) .

Biology. This species has one generation a year on Buxus megistophylla in Kunming city, Yunnan Province, and overwinters as adult females or third-instar nymphs. It reproduces parthenogenetically, and feeds on the twigs of its host (Wang et al. 2006). In southern Taiwan, it has three generations per year and reproduces mainly by parthenogenesis, although adult

males can be found (Wen & Lee 1986).