Ceroplastes murrayi Froggatt, 1919

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Ceroplastes murrayi Froggatt, Martin & Lau, 2011: 34 .

Material examined. YUNNAN: 3 ♀♀, Puer, on Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae), 24.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang; 3 ♀♀, Puer, on Alstonia scholaris, 22.viii.2013, coll. Shimin Wang; 5 ♀♀, Puer, on Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae), 22.viii.2013, coll. Shimin Wang.

Distribution in China. Hong Kong (Martin & Lau 2011), Yunnan.

Host-plants. Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae), Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae), Melicope pteleifolia (Rutaceae) .

Biology. Adult females occur on the twigs of the host.

Remarks. Ceroplastes murrayi was identified by comparison with the description and illustration in Williams & Watson (1990). In China, the species is closest to C. magnificus, but in C. murrayi the anal process is long and slender, about one-half as long as the body, and stigmatic setae are of one type, bullet-like; whereas in C. magnificus the anal process is short, not more than one-third the length of the body, and the stigmatic setae are of two types, bullet-like and hemispherical. In addition, their wax covers differ, that of C. magnificus having semi-transparent wax and lacking lateral filamentous rays, whereas C. murrayi has no transparent milky white wet wax, and has 4 long lateral filaments.

The adult female wax cover of C. murrayi is very similar to that of C. feltyi Hodges (2002) from America, but C. murrayi has 7-segmented antennae, and 20–25 marginal setae between the stigmatic clefts on each side; whereas C. feltyi has 6-segmented antennae and only 3 or 4 marginal setae between the stigmatic clefts on each side.