Ceroplastes eugeniae Hall

Matsunaga, Janis N., Howarth, Francis G. & Kumashiro, Bernarr R., 2019, New State Records and Additions to the Alien Terrestrial Arthropod Fauna in the Hawaiian Islands, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 51 (1), pp. 1-71 : 7-8

Ceroplastes eugeniae Hall

NEW STATE RECORD

D.R. Miller tentatively identified Hawaii specimens as Ceroplastes poss. rusci , but noted that these had more stig-

matic setae than typical C. rusci and seemed slightly larger. Slide-mounted specimens were forwarded to Ana Lúcia B. G. Peronti, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, as she worked on the revision of the genus in Brazil. Peronti subsequently provided a firm identification as Ceroplastes eugeniae Hall. Previous notes of Ceroplastes rusci collections should be changed to C. eugeniae .

Collection records: OAHU, Aiea , 8.VII.2009 , ex. Aonidia merrillii foliage, coll. R. Heu, M. Lee, C. Young, det. A. L. Peronti, 21.I.2013. HAWAII, Kurtistown , 22.VII.2009 , ex. Annona muricata , coll. B. Bushe, det. A. L. Peronti, 21.I.2013.

KAUAI, Kilauea, 9.IX.2010, ex. Cyperus papyrus , coll. M. Schultz, det. J.N. Matsunaga, II.2013. Vouchers at HDOA .