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Issue: Vol. 1895 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1895.1.3
Page range: 25–38
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 15

Redescription of the adult male and description of second-instar male, prepupa and pupa of Ceroplastes japonicus Green (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)

Department of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Production - Entomology, University of Padua, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Department of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Production - Entomology, University of Padua, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Hemiptera male morphology adult males identification key Ceroplastes cirripediformis C. ceriferus C. berliniae (=Waxiella berliniae) Ceroplastes sp. (=Waxiella sp.)

Abstract

The adult male of Ceroplastes japonicus Green is redescribed and illustrated and compared with other known males of Ceroplastes. In addition, the 2nd-instar male, male test, prepupa and pupa of C. japonicus are also described and illustrated for the first time.

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