Ceroplastes janeirensis (Gray, 1828)

Rosa, Keila De Cássia C., Peronti, Ana Lucia B. G. & Sousa-Silva, Carlos Roberto, 2011, Description of the immature female stages of Ceroplastes janeirensis (Gray) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) with a special reference to the development of the wax test, Zootaxa 2808, pp. 18-30 : 29

Key to female stages of C. janeirensis adapted from Pellizzari et al. (2010) and Hodgson (1994)

1 With 3 (occasionally 4) “knob-like” stigmatic spines in each stigmatic cleft........................................ 2

- With more than 4 stigmatic spines in each stigmatic cleft...................................................... 3

2 With 2–5 spiracular disc-pores in each spiracular pore band; anal plates with 1 pair of apical setae longer than half the length of anal plates.............................................................................. 1st-instar nymph

- With 6–10 disc-pores in each spiracular pore band; anal plates with apical setae less than half the length of the anal plates.................................................................................... 2nd-instar female nymph

3 Antennae each with 6 antennal segments; claw digitules unequal, one broader than the other; tibio-tarsal sclerosis absent; pregenital disc-pores absent................................................................ 3rd-instar female nymph

- Antennae each with 7 antennal segments; claw digitules similar and both broad; tibio-tarsal sclerosis present; pregenital discpores present............................................................................... adult female