Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green, 1935

Wu, San-An & Wang, Xubo, 2019, A review species of the genus Ceroplastes (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in China, Zootaxa 4701 (6), pp. 520-536 : 530

Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green, 1935

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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).

Figures

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.