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Ceroplastes rubens  Maskell, 1893
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200852

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ceroplastes rubens minor Maskell, 1897
  
  Common Name(s): pink wax scale [English]
  
    red wax scale [English]
  
    cochenille cireuse rouge [French]
  
    escama de cera rubí [Spanish]
  
    Rote Wachsschildlaus
 
    robi-ro-mushi
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - 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 rubens Maskell, 1893 – pink wax scale, red wax scale, cochenille cireuse rouge, escama de cera rubí, Rote Wachsschildlaus, robi-ro-mushi  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Ceroplastes rubens   
       
  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 rubens, pink wax scale [English], Rote Wachsschildlaus, robi-ro-mushi, escama de cera rubí [Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ben-Dov, Yair  
  Publication Date: 1993   
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  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 rubens   
       
  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 rubens   
       
  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 rubens   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Caribbean  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
 

 

    

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