Kondo, T., & Peronti, A.L.B.G. 2026 A novel ant-attended species of Ceroplastes Gray (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Ceroplastinae) from Colombia and a key to species of the genus recorded from the country. Zootaxa 5821(4): 532–544
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Notes: A. new species of wax scale, Ceroplastes flavus Kondo & Peronti, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae: Ceroplastinae) from Colombia is described and illustrated, based on the adult female and first-instar nymph. It was collected from inside ant carton shelters made by an Azteca sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) on mango (Mangifera indica) and soursop (Annona muricata). A taxonomic key to species of Ceroplastes Gray known from Colombia is provided. The morphological similarity of the new species to other Neotropical Ceroplastes species is discussed. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5821.4.6
