PARATYPE, Tavares, 1(1), Phoradendron
flavescens, 5-X-1970, H. T. Davis; Floral City,
3(3), Phoradendron flavescens, 7-VII-1980, R.
H. Phillips; Miami, 1(1), Coccoloba floridana,
6-XI-1973, W. H. Pierce; Monroe County, 1(2),
Eugenia myrtoides, 7-IV-1974, D. R. Miller and
R. F. Denno; Tavares, 4(4), Phoradendron fla-
vescens, 21-IX-1971, H. T. Davis.


Fig. 20. Ceroplastes nakaharai, adult female, DPI Photo 700619.

digitules unequal in size. Antennae 6-segmented,
sometimes with segmentation indistinct.
Spiracular furrows with ca. 65 quinquelocular
pores (Fig. 21, B). Tubular ducts (Fig. 21, C, R)
with slightly asymmetrical cups, each duct with
filament nearly as long as basal part of duct; ca.
16 ducts in cephalic region and 30 in vulvar
region. MARGIN- Spiracular setae (Fig. 21, D)
cylindrical or barrel-shaped, with smooth or
wrinkled truncate apices, in 2 or 3 irregular
rows. Filamentous ducts absent.
DISTRIBUTION: Map V. Foreign: Cuba.
BIOLOGY: Little is known about the biology of
this species. Males are not known, and all stages
are found on branches and stems.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: Ceroplastes
nakaharai is apparently not economically impor-
tant in Florida (Gimpel et al. 1974).
REMARKS: According to Gimpel et al. (1974),
this scale insect was first collected in 1895 in
Florida and was identified as Ceroplastes sp.
 The mediodorsal clear area has several setae.
The anal process is truncate anteriorly and ex-
tends anteriorly to the mesothorax. The
spiracular setae are cylindrical with smooth or
wrinkled truncate apices. Filamentous ducts are
absent from margin. The legs are without
tibiotarsal scleroses, and the claw has unequal
digitules. The aforementioned characters will
separate C. nakaharai from other *species of
Ceroplastes in Florida.
MATERIAL STUDIED: FLORIDA:


Map V. Distribution of Ceroplastes nakaharai.


 CEROPLASTES RUBENS Maskell

SYNONYMS: Ceroplastes rubens Maskell 1893:
 214
 Ceroplastes rubens var, minor
 Maskell, Gimpel ot al. 1974:
 57
COMMON NAME: red wax scale
FIELD DESCRIPTION: Wet wax pentagonal in
dorsal view, without horn (Fig. 22), pink to red-
dish brown. Spiracular wax bands very distinct,
anterior bands directed forward, nearly touching
anteriorly, posterior bands directed dorsad.
Length 2.0-5.0 mm, width 1.0-4.0 mm.
DESCRIPTION: (Fig. 23) Adult female elliptical
with short anal process, ca. 2.0 mm long, 1.5 mm
wide. DoasuM-Membranous in young adult
females, becoming sclerotized in old females.