A revision of the wax scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Ceroplastinae) of the Afrotropical Region

Hodgson, Chris; Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3372.1.1

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“…The Ceroplastinae included ten genera in the past (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012), many of which were synonymized with Ceroplastes mainly by Lindinger (1937) and Qin & Gullan (1995). Among these synonyms, Waxiella De Lotto was revived as a valid genus by Hodgson & Peronti (2012) because of a difference in the distribution of stigmatic setae from Ceroplastes. Consequently, the Ceroplastinae comprises about 114 species in Ceroplastes and nine species in Waxiella (as listed in ScaleNet; García Morales et al, 2019).…”

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Molecular phylogeny of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha), with a discussion of their waxy ovisacs

Choi

Lee

2019

Systematic Entomology

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Coccidae is one of the major families of scale insects, with many species considered to be serious agricultural or horticultural pests. However, the phylogenetic relationships among coccid subfamilies, tribes and genera are poorly understood because existing hypotheses are based on morphological characters and cladistic analyses. Here, we present the first molecular phylogeny of the family Coccidae based on DNA fragments of a mitochondrial gene (COI), nuclear ribosomal RNA genes (18S and 28S), and elongation factor‐1α (EF‐1α). We found that some genera (Coccus Linnaeus and Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti), tribes (Coccini, Paralecaniini, Pulvinariini and Saissetiini) and subfamilies (Coccinae and Filippiinae) within the family are nonmonophyletic. Formation of a waxy ovisac and the distribution and structures of ventral tubular ducts have been used to define the tribe Pulvinariini morphologically; however, these were found to be homoplastic traits based on ancestral state reconstruction. Accordingly, we propose a new classification of certain groups as follows: (i) the Paralecaniini is raised to subfamily rank, Paralecaniinae stat.n., except that Neosaissetia Tao, Wong & Chang is retained as a member of Coccinae; (ii) Megapulvinaria Yang and Pulvinarisca Borchsenius are transferred from Coccinae to Pulvinariscinae stat.n.; and (iii) Metaceronema Takahashi is transferred from Filippiinae to Pulvinariscinae stat.n. We provide amended diagnoses for the newly proposed subfamilies.

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Section: Classification Of Subfamily Ceroplastinaementioning

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Molecular phylogeny of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha), with a discussion of their waxy ovisacs

Choi

Lee

2019

Systematic Entomology

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“…C. rusci is considered native to the Afrotropical region (Qin et al. , ; Hodgson and Peronti ), but has now expanded to the Oriental, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions (Ben‐Dov ). Recently, invasions of C. rusci have been detected in Australia (Waterhouse and Sands ), India (Kumar ) and China (Li and Wu ).…”

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“…Owing to the serious economic harm to fruit crops, in 2007 it was listed in the Catalogue of Quarantine Pests for Import Plants to the People's Republic of China. C. rusci is considered native to the Afrotropical region (Qin et al 1994(Qin et al , 1998Hodgson and Peronti 2012), but has now expanded to the Oriental, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions (Ben-Dov 1993). Recently, invasions of C. rusci have been detected in Australia (Waterhouse and Sands 2001), India (Kumar 2013) and China .…”

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Rapid diagnosis of the invasive wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) using nested PCR

Deng

Wang

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J Applied Entomology

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The fig wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), is an invasive fruit pest of Afrotropical origin and potentially could become a serious threat to commercial fruit crops in China. C. rusci is difficult to identify owing to the shortage of easily distinguishable morphological characters. A rapid, accurate and reliable method to identify C. rusci in quarantine work is needed to detect further spread. In the present study, we describe a nested PCR method for the molecular identification of C.rusci. The nested PCR primers were designed based on variations in the barcode region of COI sequences between C. rusci and five other Ceroplastes species. A 200‐bp fragment was successfully amplified from 96 C. rusci individuals of seven geographical populations in China and Vietnam, and 13 individuals of two populations in Italy (the type country for C. rusci). These provided diagnostic bands that were not observed in any of five other Ceroplastes species widely distributed in China, namely, C. ceriferus (Fabricius), C. floridensis Comstock, C. japonicus Green, C. pseudoceriferus Green and C. rubens Maskell. Sensitivity tests revealed that diagnostic bands were generated even with a DNA template concentration of ~1.5 × 10−5 ng/μl, and with average DNA template concentrations for adult females, single first‐instar nymphs and eggs of 14.7, 6.3 and 3.0 ng/μl, respectively. Our study demonstrates that the molecular diagnosis of C. rusci using nested PCR is rapid and accurate and shows potential in plant quarantine programmes.

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“…Examples of high‐quality scale insect revisionary projects include: Williams (), Kozár & Miller (), Hodgson & Miller (), Kondo (), Hardy et al . (), Schneider & LaPolla (), Hodgson & Peronti () and Hodgson (), and many papers by S. Takagi (summarized by Kawai et al ., ). Recent worldwide faunal treatments of major groups include: Iceryini (Unruh & Gullan, ), Ortheziidae (Kozár, ) and Rhizoecinae (now Rhizoecidae) (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, ).…”

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The status and future of scale insect (Coccoidea) systematics

Hardy

2013

Systematic Entomology

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A revision of the wax scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Ceroplastinae) of the Afrotropical Region

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Molecular phylogeny of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha), with a discussion of their waxy ovisacs

Molecular phylogeny of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha), with a discussion of their waxy ovisacs

Rapid diagnosis of the invasive wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) using nested PCR

The status and future of scale insect (Coccoidea) systematics

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