Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (2008) 52, 139-181

Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti, Carlos Roberto Sousa-Silva and Maria Cristina Granara de Willink (2008)
Revisão das espécies de Ceroplastinae Atkinson (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae) do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
[Revision of the species of Ceroplastinae Atkinson (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae) from the state of São Paulo, Brazil]
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52 (2), 139-181
Abstract: The species of Ceroplastinae (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae) from the state of São Paulo are revised. Thirty-six species are studied, 9 are synonymyzed, 8 new species are described and 19 known species are redescribed. Ceroplastes campinensis Hempel, 1901, C. bicolor Hempel, 1901, C. excaericae Hempel, 1912 and C. farmairii (Signoret, 1866) were not studied because the type material or other specimens were not found. Our studies indicate that C. albolineatus Cockerell, 1894 and C. confluens Cockerell and Tinsley, 1898 were erroneously cited by Hempel, 1900 as occurruing in the state of São Paulo. Coccus stellifer Westwood, 1871, currently Vinsonia stellifera (Westwood, 1871), is transferred to Ceroplastes as Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood, 1871) n. comb. Ceroplastes flosculoides Matile-Ferrero, 1993 is recorded for the first time in Brazil and Ceroplastes cassiae (Chavannes, 1848), C. deodorensis Hempel, 1937, C. formosus Hempel, 1900 and C. quadratus Green, 1935 are recorded for the first time for state of São Paulo. The Ceroplastinae is now represented by 31 species in the state of São Paulo, all included in the genus Ceroplastes. Identification key and illustrations for species are included. New synonyms are proposed: C. formicarius Hempel = Ceroplastes communis Hempel, 1900 n. syn.; C. janeirensis Gray, 1828 = Ceroplastes psidii (Chavannes, 1848) n. syn. = C. simplex Hempel, 1900 n. syn.; C. cirripediformis Comstock, 1881 = C. cultus Hempel, 1900 n. syn. = C. cuneatus Hempel, 1900 n. syn. = C. rarus Hempel, 1900 n. syn and C. rotundus Hempel, 1900 n. syn.; C. lucidus Hempel, 1900 = C. novaesi Hempel, 1900 n. syn.; C. grandis Hempel, 1900 = C. rhizophorae Hempel, 1918 n. syn. New species described are: C. acutus sp. nov.; C. bragai sp. nov.; C. coronatus sp. nov; C. glomeratus sp. nov; C. jordanensis sp. nov.; C. minimus sp. nov.; C. solanaceus sp. nov.; C. willinkae sp. nov. Redescribed species are: C. agrestis Hempel, 1932; C. cassiae; C. cirripediformis; C. deodorensis; C. diospyros Hempel, 1928; C. floridensis Comstock, 1881; C. flosculoides; C. formicarius Hempel, 1900; C. formosus Hempel, 1900; C. grandis; C. gregarius Hempel, 1932; C. iheringi Cockerell, 1895; C. janeirensis; C. lucidus; C. purpureus Hempel, 1900; C. quadratus; C. speciosus Hempel, 1900; C. stellifer n. comb. and C. variegatus Hempel, 1900. Lectotypes and paralectotypes of C. agrestis, C. deodorensis, C. diospyros, C. purpureus, C. formosus, C. speciosus and C. variegatus and a neotype for C. cassiae are designated.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Ceroplastes cirripediformis		Brazil (south)
	Ceroplastes grandis		Brazil (south)
	Ceroplastes floridensis		Brazil (south)