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Soft-bodied minibeasts
Ceroplastes ceriferus
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
Species notes
About Ceroplastes ceriferus
Ceroplastes ceriferus (also recorded as Indian wax scale) is an accepted species in the family Coccidae, within the order Hemiptera. This field grouping brings together small animals best compared through body shape, segmentation, appendages and the habitat visible in the photographs.
- Common name
- Indian wax scale
- Family
- Coccidae
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Identification rank
- Species
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy