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Issue: Vol. 1672 No. 1: 4 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1672.1.2
Page range: 43–59
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Redescription of the adult female and 1st-instar nymph of Ceroplastodes dugesii (Signoret, 1886) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and description of the other immature stages

Department of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Production - Entomology, University of Padua, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales, Cathay's Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, UK
Department of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Production - Entomology, University of Padua, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Hemiptera Soft scales Mexican wax scale Coccoidea

Abstract

Ceroplastodes dugesii (Signoret), the Mexican wax scale, is the type species of the genus but previous descriptions have not included some important characters. With the collection of new material of this species off Acacia from Mexico, the opportunity is taken to illustrate and either describe or redescribe all stages apart from the adult male.

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