Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, 1893

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 132

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scientific name	Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, 1893
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Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, 1893 View in CoL

Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, 1893: 214 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Loyalty Islands (Maré, Médu), 10.XI.2000, on leaves and twigs of Persea americana, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP), 2000, on Mangifera indica, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); same loc., 16.IV.2002, on leaves of M. indica, S. Cazères coll., det. ( CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1950, 1956, 1958a).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Almost everywhere.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Citrus spp., Melaleuca quinquenervia , Montrouziera spp., Montrouziera cauliflora , Syzygium cumini ( Williams & Watson 1990) , Annona spp., Cocos nucifera , Mangifera indica , Musa spp., Pyrus communis ( Risbec 1942) , Persea americana ( Cohic 1950) , Agathis lanceolata , Calophyllum inophyllum , Cycas spp., Ficus spp., Hibiscus rosa-sinensis , Lagerstroemia indica , Platycerium spp., Psidium spp. ( Cohic 1958a), Gerbera spp., Plumeria acuminata ( Brun & Chazeau 1980) .

OTHER RECORDS. — Australasia, South-East Asia, equatorial northeastern and southern Africa, Far East, Pacific Ocean, Micronesia, Indian Ocean, Central Pacific.

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. — Moranila californica (Embleton, 1902) ( Hymenoptera : Pteromalidae ) ( Cohic 1958a); Encyrtus infelix (Embleton, 1902) ( Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae ); Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832) ( Hymenoptera : Pteromalidae ) ( Mille 2011).

NOTES. — One of the commonest scale species in New Caledonia, it is of environmental and economic significance as it can be found in many eco- and agrosystems. It can be seen in large areas on stands of Melaleuca quinquenervia , associated with invasive ants that probably counteract the action of parasitoids, and also with large quantities of sooty mould ( Kohler & Pellegrin 1992).