Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 503

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4930743
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scientific name	Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881
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A Neotropical species recorded by Saliba (1963) as fairly common on citrus, and by Farrugia (1998).

Material examined: MALTA, Lija, 18.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Citrus reticulata, DM ; Bir id-Deheb, 27.iii.94, 4 ♀♀ on Cydonia oblonga, DM .

Farrugia, C. (1998) Parasitic Hymenoptera associated with scale insects on citrus trees in the Maltese Islands. In: Dandria, D. (Ed.), Biology Abstracts M. Sc., Ph. D. 1998 and Contribution to Marine Biology. University of Malta, Msida, Malta, pp. 6 - 8.

Saliba, L. J. (1963) Insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese Islands. Department of Information, Malta, 35 pp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Coccidae
Genus	Ceroplastes

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