dorsum, with the exception of 6 lateral, 1
cephalic, and 1 mediodorsal clear areas. Tubular
ducts absent. Anal plates each with 4 dorsal
setae, 1 ventral seta. VENTER- Membranous with
well developed legs. Antennae 7-segmented, oc-
casionally 6-segmented. Quinquelocular pores in
spiracular furrows number 30-90. Tubular ducts
(Fig. 11, C) in vulvar area and in cephalic re-
gion. Filamentous ducts absent. MARGIN Spi-
racular setae hemispherical to bullet-shaped
with rounded or truncate apices, ca. 16 in 4 or
5 irregular rows. Marginal setae bristle-shaped,
sparse.
DISTRIBUTION: AL, AZ. Foreign: Mexico.
BIOLOGY: It is only known that specimens are
found on stems.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: Unknown. Pos-
sibly a pest of ornamentals according to Gimpel
et al. (1974).
REMARKS: Ceroplastes brachyurus resembles
C. sinensis Del Guercio; however, C. sinensis has
2 ventral anal plate setae, C. brachyurus has 1 on
each anal plate, C. sinensis has filamentous ducts
on the ventral submargin, and they are absent
from C. brachyurus.



 CEROPLASTES CERIFERUS (Fabricius)


Coccus ceriferus Fabricius 1798:
 546
Coccus chilensis Gray, Green
 1899:190, Fernald 1903:149
Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius),
 Walker 1852:1087, DeLotto
 1971:133, Gimpel et al. 1974:
 23
Ceroplastes australiae Walker,
 Green 1899:190
Columnea cerifera (Fabricius),
 Targioni-Tozzetti 1866:144
Ceroplastes ceriferus (Anderson),
 Signoret 1869:848
Lacca alba Signoret 1869:848.
Gascardia cerifera (Anderson),
 DeLotto 1965:198


SUGGESTED COMMON NAME: Indian wax
scale
FIELD DESCRIPTION: Body covered by thick
white or pinkish-white wet wax, convex, circular
or irregular in outline, normally with an
anteriorly projecting horn (Fig. 12). Plates visi-
ble only on older females, without*nuclei. Wax
bands near both spiracles, anterior bands
directed dorsally. Dry wax with filaments as


Fig. 12. Ceroplastes ceriferus, A) old female, DPI Photo 1381, B)
young female, DPI Photo 702263-5.

follows: cephalic filament trifurcate;
anterolateral and mediolateral simple;
posterolateral bifurcate; caudal simple. Length
3.0-12.0 mm, width 3.0-10.0 mm.
DESCRIPTION: (Fig. 13) Adult female ovate,
dark reddish brown, derm heavily sclerotized in
old females. Anal process in old females elongate.
Length 3.0-5.0 mm, width 2.0-4.0 mm. DOR-
UM -Membranous in young adult females,
sclerotized in old females. Eleven clear areas in
submedian band around body. Dorsal setae (Fig.
13, C) variable in shape, ca. 200 cylindrical
setae. Dorsal pores numerous, with ca. 20
biloculars (Fig. 13, H), 420 oval triloculars (Fig.
13, G) evenly distributed, numerous triangular
trilocular pores (Fig. 13, E) evenly distributed.
Tubular ducts absent. Anal plates (Fig. 13, Li)
each with 1 ventral, 4 dorsal setae.
VENTER-Membranous with many cruciform
pores (Fig. 13, S) concentrated around the sub-
margin and scattered over other parts of the


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