Ceroplastes rusci ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Wu, San-An & Wang, Xubo, 2019, A review species of the genus Ceroplastes (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in China, Zootaxa 4701 (6), pp. 520-536 : 531-532

Ceroplastes rusci ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaues) , Li & Wu, 2013: 1295. Material examined. GUANGDONG: 20 ♀♀, Maoming, on Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae) , 18.iv.2012, coll. Jun Deng, Haibin Wang & Ying Wang. SICHUAN: 18 ♀♀, Panzhihua, on Ficus virens (Moraceae) , 29.iv.2012, coll. Jun Deng, Haibin Li & Ying Wang. YUNNAN: 1 ♀, Puer, on Chrysalidocarpus lutescens (Palmae) , 25.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang.

Distribution in China. Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Host-plants. Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae) ; Bischofia javanica (Euphorbiaceae) ; Ficus concinna , F. microcarpa , F. virens (Moraceae) ; Chrysalidocarpus lutescens , Trachycarpus fortunei (Palmae) .

Remarks. This species was first reported from China by Li & Wu (2013) on Ficus microcarpa and F. virens in Guangdong and Sichuan. Deng et al. (2014) developed a nested PCR method for its rapid and accurate identification. In China, this species is very close to C. xishuangensis Tang & Xie , but differs from the latter by having a cephalic clear area.

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FIGURES 7–12. Live appearances. (7) C. magnificus (Green), on Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae), Yunnan, Puer; (8) C. murrayi Fraggatt, on Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae), Yunnan, Puer; (9) C. planus Wu & Wang, sp. nov., on Mesua ferrea (Guttiferae), Yunnan, Xishuangbanna; (10) C. pseudoceriferus Green, on Liquidambar formosana (Hamamelidaceae), Yunnan, Wenshan; (11) C. rubens Maskell, on Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae), Yunnan, Kunming; (12) C. rusci (Linnaeus), on Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae), Guangdong, Maoming.