Morphology of the immature female stages and the wax test of ten species of Ceroplastes (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae: Ceroplastinae) from Brazil Author Rosa, Keila C. C. Author Peronti, Ana L. B. G. Author Hodgson, Chris J. Author Sousa-Silva, Carlos R. text Zootaxa 2016 4136 2 247 308 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.2 1175-5326 258111 51AD5A69-203A-411F-B948-A718B54DCCE4

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3rd instar	C. cirripediformis (Fig. 30)	C. floridensis (Fig. 31)	C. formicarius (Fig. 32)	C. grandis (Fig. 33)	C.stellifer (Fig. 34)
Venter
Spiracular disc-pores in each	7–12 pores, each with 5	10–17 pores, each with 3 or 5	15–17 pores, each with 4, 5, 6	13–19 pores, each with 5	8–12 pores, each with 4, 5 or
spiracular pore band.	(rarely 3 or 4) loculi, each	(mainly 5) loculi, each pore	and 7 (mainly 5) loculi, each	(rarely 3 or 6) loculi, each	6 loculi, each pore about 3–4
	pore about 3.0–3.5 µm in	about 2–3 µm in diameter.	pore about 3–5 µm in	pore about 3.0–4.0 µm in	µm in diameter.
	diameter.		diameter.	diameter.
Filamentous ducts	Absent	Absent	Absent	Present, pore 1 µm in	Absent
Number and length of inter-	Two pairs: longer pair each	Two pairs: longer pair each	Two pairs: longer pair each	diameter Two pairs: longer pair each	8–10: longer setae each 30–50
antennal setae	35–45 µm, shorter pair each	42–50 µm, shorter pair each	45–60 µm, shorter pair each	41–45 µm, shorter pair each	µm, shorter setae, each 12–25
	9–12 µm	16–25 µm	7–9 µm	14–17 µm	µm
Length of pregenital setae	26–32 µm	45–52 µm	39–51 µm	54–65 µm	41–50 µm
Total length of antennae	180–205 µm	147–155 µm	212–245 µm	200–235 µm	105–112 µm
Length of clypeolabral shield	143–170 µm	122–130 µm	180–190 µm	150–190 µm	115–127 µm
Legs	Well developed	Well developed	Well developed	Well developed	Developed, but small, with
					tibia and tarsus fused
Dimensions of metathoracic
legs (µm): coxa	68–80	53–60	80–95	80–100	30–35
trochanter + femur	95–105	82–87	130–145	100–135	41–45
tibia	66–80	48–54	90–95	79–87	30–36 (tibia + tarsus)
tarsus	57–62	43–47	75–80	61–70
claw	16–19	12–14	20– 25	19–23	6–8
Length of tarsal digitules	Shorter: 39–42	Shorter: 27–30	Shorter: 33–40	Shorter: 36–47	Shorter: 15–17
(µm): Length of claw digitules	Longer: 44–50 20–25	Longer: 35–38 16–22	Longer: 45–50 30– 35	Longer: 46–58 24–30	Longer: 20–22 10–11
(µm):
Denticle on claw	Absent	Absent	Present	Present	Absent