Ceroplastes xishuangensis 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 : 532

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scientific name

Ceroplastes xishuangensis Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991
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Ceroplastes xishuangensis Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991

Ceroplastes xishuangensis Tang & Xie in Tang, 1991: 301 .

Distribution in China. Yunnan.

Host-plants. Elaeis guineensis ( Arecaceae ), Cycas siamensis ( Cycadaceae ).

Biology. Occurring on leaves of its hosts ( Tang 1991).

Remarks. No specimens were available for study. This species most closely resembles, and is perhaps co-specific with C. rusci , but differs from latter in lacking a cephalic clear area.

Tang, F. T. (1991) The Coccidae of China. Shanxi United Universities Press, Taiyuan, 377 pp. [in Chinese]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Ceroplastes