Ceroplastes magnificus ( Green, 1930 )

Wu, San-An & Wang, Xubo, 2019, A review species of the genus Ceroplastes (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in China, Zootaxa 4701 (6), pp. 520-536 : 526-527

Ceroplastes magnificus ( Green, 1930)

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Material examined. YUNNAN: 10 ♀♀, Puer, on Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae) , 24.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang.

Distribution in China. Yunnan.

Host-plant. Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae) .

Biology. Occurring on twigs of its host.

Remarks. The species was identified by comparison with the description and illustration in Green (1930). This is a new country record for China.

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.