branous with various setae and pores scattered
over surface. About 140 pores (Fig. 17, B) in each
spiracular furrow, most pores 4-locular, some
with more than 5-loculi. Legs well developed
with tibiotarsal scleroses. MARGIN Spiracular
setae (Fig. 17, C) lanceolate to bullet-shaped
with pointed apices, length 1-2.5X greater than
width at base, in 5-7 irregular rows at each
spiracular furrow, and single row around the en-
tire margin. Marginal bristle-shaped setae (Fig.
17, D) located just ventrad of spiracular setae
around body margin. Eye tubercles slightly pro-
truding. Filamentous ducts absent from margin.
DISTRIBUTION: Map III. Foreign: Cuba, Mex-
ico, Panama, Virgin Islands, and West Indies.


Bursera simaruba, 28-V-1980, E. W. Campbell;
3(3), Bursera simaruba, 14-VII-1972, E. W.
Campbell; Walton, 2(2), Torrubia bracei,
5-V-1980, E. W. Campbell.

CEROPLASTES FLORIDENSIS Comstock


SYNONYM!


S: Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock
 1881:331
 Cerostegia floridensis (Com-
 stock), DeLotto 1969b:211,
 Gimpel et al. 1974:44


COMMON NAME: Florida wax scale
FIELD DESCRIPTION: Wet wax oval in dorsal
view (Fig. 18), nearly flat in young females,
hemispherical in older specimens if viewed
laterally. Without a horn. Color grayish to
pinkish-white, without plates and nuclei. Dry
wax with cephalic filaments appearing trifurcate
with acute apices; anterolateral and
mediolateral filaments simple; posterolateral
filaments bifurcate; caudal filaments weakly
divided with bifurcate apices. Length 2.0-4.0
mm, width 1.0-3.5 mm.


Map III, Distribution of Ceroplastes dugesii.


BIOLOGY: According to Gimpel et al. (1974),
no biological information is available.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: In Florida, C.
dugesii is important as an occasional ornamental
pest, particularly on Bursera simaruba (L.) Sar.
REMARKS: This wax scale was first reported in
Florida in 1972. It was collected as early as 1908,
but was misidentified as C. ceriferus (Gimpel et
al. 1974). In the U.S., C. dugesii is the only
species of Ceroplastes with spiracular setae
around the entire body margin.
MATERIAL STUDIED: FLORIDA: Ft. Pierce,
4(4), Bursera simaruba, 25-VI-1980, E. W.
Campbell, E. Collins, & A. B. Hamon; 1(1),


 Fig. 18. Ceroplastesfloridensis, adult female, DPI Photo 783.

DESCRIPTION: (Fig. 19) Adult female ellip-
tical, reddish brown with short anal process.
Definite spiracular constrictions at margin.
Length 1.0-3.5 mm, width 1.0-2.0 mm. DOR-
suM-Derm membranous, covered with numer-
ous trilocular (Fig. 19, E) and barred bilocular
pores (Fig. 19, G) except for 1 cephalic and 6 lat-
eral clear areas. Each anal plate with 1 ventral