A new species of Ceroplastes from Florida (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)

Authors

Greg Hodges, Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL

Date of this Version

December 2002

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 16, No. 4, December, 2002. Copyright © 2002 Hodges.
Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

Previous literature recognized twenty species of wax scales occurring in the Neartic region with nine of those occurring in Florida. This number has grown recently with the establishment of the Ceroplastes rusci and the discovery of C. feltyii (new species). A description and illustration of C. feltyii is provided along with a key to all of the wax scales currently found in Florida.