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Ceroplastes floridensis  Comstock, 1881
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1234689

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ceroplastes vinsoni Signoret, 1872
  
    Ceroplastes vinsonii Signoret, 1872
  
    Cerostegia floridensis (Comstock, 1881)
  
    Paracerostegia floridensis (Comstock, 1881)
  
  Common Name(s): cochonilha-cerosa [Portuguese]
  
    donagit floridit
 
    escama de cera [Spanish]
  
    qenima floridit
 
    qenimat shaava floridit
 
    The Florida Ceroplastes [English]
  
    Florida-Schildlaus
 
    kanli balsira
 
    Florida wax scale [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyCoccidae Fallén, 1814 – soft scales, wax scales, tortoise scales  
                                           GenusCeroplastes Gray, 1828  
                                              SpeciesCeroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881 – cochonilha-cerosa, donagit floridit, escama de cera, qenima floridit, qenimat shaava floridit, The Florida Ceroplastes, Florida-Schildlaus, kanli balsira, Florida wax scale  
       

 References
       
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  Source: ScaleNet, 8/2024, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Ceroplastes floridensis, Florida wax scale [English], The Florida Ceroplastes [English], Florida-Schildlaus, cochonilha-cerosa [Portuguese], escama de cera [Spanish], donagit floridit, kanli balsira, qenima floridit, qenimat shaava floridit   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ben-Dov, Yair  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)   
  Page(s): xxviii + 536   
  Publisher: Sandhill Crane Press, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Gainesville, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-877743-13-5   
  Notes: Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 9   
  Reference for: Ceroplastes floridensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hodgson, Chris J., and Ana L. B. G. Peronti  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the wax scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Ceroplastinae) of the Afrotropical Region   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3372   
  Page(s): 1-265   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ceroplastes floridensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez, Carlos Roberto Sousa-Silva, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revisão das espécies de Ceroplastinae Atkinson (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae) do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, vol. 52, no. 2   
  Page(s): 139-181   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0085-5626   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ceroplastes floridensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Caribbean  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    North America  
    Oceania  
    South America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Hawaii, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Ben-Dov (1993:59-60) argued that Ceroplastes vinsonii Signoret, 1872 is likely the same species as C. floridensis Comstock, 1881, but that the junior name is so well known while the senior name is largely unused, so the junior name should be retained for the sake of stability. It is unclear exactly which clause of the ICZN (the Code) could be invoked to do so, and there is no evidence that a case for it has been submitted to the Commission  
 

 

    

 
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