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Ceroplastes  Gray, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200850

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Baccacoccus Brain, 1920
  
    Ceroplastidia Cockerell, 1910
  
    Ceroplastina Cockerell, 1910
  
    Cerostegia De Lotto, 1969
  
    Columnea Targioni Tozzetti, 1866
  
    Gascardia Targioni Tozzetti, 1893
  
    Paracerostegia Tang, 1991
  
    Vinsonia Signoret, 1872
  
    Coccus (Ceroplastes) Gray, 1828
  
    Ceroplastes (Ceroplastina) Cockerell, 1910
  
    Ceroplastes (Ceroplastidia) Cockerell, 1910
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 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  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Ceroplastes actiniformis Green, 1896 – date palm soft scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes acutus Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes agrestis Hempel, 1932  
                                              Species Ceroplastes ajmerensis (Avasthi and Shafee, 1979)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes alami Avasthi and Shafee, 1986  
                                              Species Ceroplastes albolineatus Cockerell, 1894 – thick wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes amazonicus Hempel, 1900  
                                              Species Ceroplastes angulatus Cockerell, 1898  
                                              Species Ceroplastes argentinus Brèthes, 1921  
                                              Species Ceroplastes avicenniae Newstead, 1917  
                                              Species Ceroplastes balachowskyi Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes bergi Cockerell, 1901  
                                              Species Ceroplastes bernardensis Cockerell, 1902  
                                              Species Ceroplastes bicolor Hempel, 1901  
                                              Species Ceroplastes bipartitus Newstead, 1917  
                                              Species Ceroplastes boyacensis Mosquera, 1979  
                                              Species Ceroplastes brachystegiae Hodgson, 1969  
                                              Species Ceroplastes brachyurus Cockerell, 1903 – brachyuran wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes bragai Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes brevicauda Hall, 1931 – Citrus wax scale, Escama de cera de los cítricos, sitruswasdopluis, white wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes bruneri Cockerell and Cockerell in Cockerell, 1902  
                                              Species Ceroplastes caesalpiniae Reyne, 1964  
                                              Species Ceroplastes campinensis Hempel, 1901  
                                              Species Ceroplastes cassiae (Chavannes, 1848)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes castelbrancoi Almeida, 1973  
                                              Species Ceroplastes centroroseus Chen, 1974  
                                              Species Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius, 1798) – indian wax scale, escama de cera de la India, Indische Wachsschildlaus, tsuno-ro-mushi 
                                              Species Ceroplastes circumdatus Green, 1923  
                                              Species Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881 – barnacle scale, barnacle wax scale, Conchuela cerosa, escama de cera percebe, tortuguita 
                                              Species Ceroplastes cistudiformis Cockerell, 1893 – tortoise wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes coloratus Cockerell, 1898  
                                              Species Ceroplastes confluens Cockerell and Tinsley, 1898  
                                              Species Ceroplastes coronatus Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes cundinamarcensis Mosquera, 1979  
                                              Species Ceroplastes danieleae Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes deceptrix (De Lotto, 1965)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes deciduosus Morrison, 1919  
                                              Species Ceroplastes delottoi Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes deodorensis Hempel, 1937  
                                              Species Ceroplastes depressus Cockerell, 1893 – broad wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes destructor Newstead, 1917 – soft wax scale, escama de cera blanca, Weisse Wachsschildlaus, wit wasdopluis 
                                              Species Ceroplastes diospyros Hempel, 1928  
                                              Species Ceroplastes dugesii Lichtenstein, 1885 – Duges wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes elaeis Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes elytropappi (Brain, 1920)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes eucleae Brain, 1920  
                                              Species Ceroplastes eugeniae Hall, 1931  
                                              Species Ceroplastes excaecariae Hempel, 1912  
                                              Species Ceroplastes fairmairii Signoret, 1872  
                                              Species Ceroplastes feltyi Hodges, 2002  
                                              Species Ceroplastes ficus Newstead, 1910  
                                              Species Ceroplastes 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 
                                              Species Ceroplastes flosculoides Matile-Ferrero in Matile-Ferrero and Coutourier, 1993  
                                              Species Ceroplastes formicarius Hempel, 1900  
                                              Species Ceroplastes formosus Hempel, 1900  
                                              Species Ceroplastes galeatus Newstead, 1911  
                                              Species Ceroplastes ghesquierei Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes giganteus Dozier, 1931  
                                              Species Ceroplastes gigas Cockerell, 1914  
                                              Species Ceroplastes glomeratus Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes grandis Hempel, 1900 – escama de cera grande, Large wax scale, Cochinilla cerosa, cochonilha-de-cera 
                                              Species Ceroplastes gregarius Hempel, 1932  
                                              Species Ceroplastes hawanus Williams and Watson, 1990  
                                              Species Ceroplastes helichrysi Hall, 1931  
                                              Species Ceroplastes hempeli Lizer y Trelles, 1919  
                                              Species Ceroplastes hodgsoni (Matile-Ferrero and Le Ruyet, 1985)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes iheringi Cockerell, 1895  
                                              Species Ceroplastes immanis Green, 1935  
                                              Species Ceroplastes insulanus De Lotto, 1971  
                                              Species Ceroplastes irregularis Cockerell, 1893 – irregular wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes itatiayensis Hempel, 1938  
                                              Species Ceroplastes jamaicensis White, 1846 – lance-wood wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes janeirensis (Gray, 1828) – Guava wax scale, Escama de cera de la guayaba 
                                              Species Ceroplastes japonicus Green, 1921 – Japanese wax scale, ceroplaste del Giappone, Céroplaste japonais, escama de cera de Japón, kamenoko-ro-mushi 
                                              Species Ceroplastes jordanensis Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes jos Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes kunmingensis (Tang and Xie in Tang, 1991)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes lahillei Cockerell, 1910  
                                              Species Ceroplastes lamborni Newstead, 1917  
                                              Species Ceroplastes leonardianus Lizer y Trelles, 1939  
                                              Species Ceroplastes lepagei Costa Lima, 1940  
                                              Species Ceroplastes longicauda Brain, 1920  
                                              Species Ceroplastes longiseta Leonardi, 1911  
                                              Species Ceroplastes lucidus Hempel, 1900  
                                              Species Ceroplastes luteolus De Lotto, 1955  
                                              Species Ceroplastes macgregori Sampedro and Butze, 1984  
                                              Species Ceroplastes madagascariensis (Targioni Tozzetti, 1893)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes magnicauda Reyne, 1964  
                                              Species Ceroplastes magnificus (Green, 1930)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes marmoreus Cockerell, 1903  
                                              Species Ceroplastes martinae Mosquera, 1979  
                                              Species Ceroplastes mierii (Targioni Tozzetti, 1866)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes milleri Takahashi, 1939  
                                              Species Ceroplastes minimus Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes minutus Cockerell, 1898  
                                              Species Ceroplastes mori Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes mosquerai Ben-Dov, 1993  
                                              Species Ceroplastes murrayi Froggatt, 1919  
                                              Species Ceroplastes myricae (Linnaeus, 1767)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes nakaharai Gimpel in Gimpel et al., 1974 – Nakahara wax scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes neobrachystegiae Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes newsteadi Hodgson and Peronti, 2012  
                                              Species Ceroplastes ocreus Mosquera, 1984  
                                              Species Ceroplastes parvus Green, 1935  
                                              Species Ceroplastes paucispinus De Lotto, 1970  
                                              Species Ceroplastes personatus Newstead, 1898  
                                              Species Ceroplastes planus Wu and Wang, 2019  
                                              Species Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green, 1921  
                                              Species Ceroplastes purpurellus Cockerell, 1903  
                                              Species Ceroplastes purpureus Hempel, 1900  
                                              Species Ceroplastes quadratus Green, 1935  
                                              Species Ceroplastes quadrilineatus Newstead, 1910  
                                              Species Ceroplastes reunionensis Ben-Dov and Matile-Ferrero in Ben-Dov et al., 2000  
                                              Species Ceroplastes royenae Hall, 1931  
                                              Species Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, 1893 – pink wax scale, red wax scale, cochenille cireuse rouge, escama de cera rubí, Rote Wachsschildlaus, robi-ro-mushi 
                                              Species Ceroplastes rufus De Lotto, 1966  
                                              Species Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus, 1758) – donagit hateena, fig wax scale, kermes du figuier, qenimat shaava shel hateena, Cappareta de la higuera, ceroplaste del fico, cochenille du figuier, Feigenschildlaus, lapa-da-figuiera 
                                              Species Ceroplastes rusticus De Lotto, 1961  
                                              Species Ceroplastes sanguineus Cockerell, 1905  
                                              Species Ceroplastes schrottkyi Cockerell, 1905  
                                              Species Ceroplastes sinensis Del Guercio, 1900 – Caparreta blanca, caparreta-branca, Chinese wax scale, craca, ceroplaste cinese degli agrumi, hard wax scale, citrus wax scale, céroplaste des agrumes, Chinesische Wachsschildlause, kanli balsira, Zitrusschildlaus 
                                              Species Ceroplastes singularis Newstead, 1910  
                                              Species Ceroplastes sinoiae Hall, 1931  
                                              Species Ceroplastes solanaceus Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes speciosus Hempel, 1900  
                                              Species Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood, 1871) – stellate scale, Escama blanda estrellada, glossy scale, Sternschildlaus 
                                              Species Ceroplastes stenocephalus De Lotto, 1961  
                                              Species Ceroplastes stipulaeformis (Haworth, 1812)  
                                              Species Ceroplastes subrotundus Leonardi, 1911  
                                              Species Ceroplastes sumatrensis Reyne, 1965  
                                              Species Ceroplastes tachardiaformis Brain, 1920  
                                              Species Ceroplastes tenuitectus Green, 1907  
                                              Species Ceroplastes theobromae Newstead, 1908  
                                              Species Ceroplastes titschaki Lindinger, 1942  
                                              Species Ceroplastes toddaliae Hall, 1931  
                                              Species Ceroplastes trochezi Mosquera, 1979  
                                              Species Ceroplastes utilis Cockerell, 1893 – candle wax scale, Grand Turk wax-scale 
                                              Species Ceroplastes uvariae Marchal, 1909  
                                              Species Ceroplastes variegatus Hempel, 1900  
                                              Species Ceroplastes willinkae Peronti in Peronti et al., 2008  
                                              Species Ceroplastes xishuangensis Tang and Xie in Tang, 1991  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ceroplastes   
       
  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   
       
  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   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hodgson, C. J., and R. C. Henderson  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Coccidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fauna of New Zealand, no. 41   
  Page(s): 264   
  Publisher: Manaaki Whenua Press   
  Publication Place: Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-478-09335-7, 0111-5383  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ceroplastes   
       
  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   
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  Reference for: Ceroplastes   
       

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