Species Ceroplastes insulanus De Lotto, 1971

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• Ceroplastes insulanus De Lotto, G. 1971. On some genera and species of wax scales (Homoptera: Coccidae). Journal of Natural History 5: 133-153 [141].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (On areal roots of an unidentified plant), AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Lord Howe Island.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1990) [65] (female; tropical South Pacific).

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto, G. 1971. On some genera and species of wax scales (Homoptera: Coccidae). Journal of Natural History 5: 133–153.

General References

Ben-Dov, Y. 1993. A Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Flora & Fauna Handbook, No. 9. Gainesville, FL : Sandhill Crane Press 536 pp. [39] (catalogue)

De Lotto, G. 1971. On some genera and species of wax scales (Homoptera: Coccidae). Journal of Natural History 5: 133-153 [141-142] (taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution)

Qin, T.K. & Gullan, P.J. 1994. Taxonomy of the wax scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Ceroplastinae) in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 923-959 [935-937] (taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp. [73-75] (taxonomy, host, distribution)

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/. (Lord Howe Island Wax Scale)

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