title: Seasonal Polyphenism and Behavioral Variations of Ceroplastes glomeratus Peronti (Hemiptera: Coccidae).
abstract: The wax scale Ceroplastes glomeratus Peronti shows seasonal behavioral and phenotypic differences. Individuals develop gregariously during autumn, whereas solitarily in spring. Besides such behavioral differences, spring ("isolated form") and autumn ("aggregated form") will also produce different morphotypes. We provide additional data on the morphological data of the species based on the microscopic and macroscopic characteristics of adult females and of first-instars of the two adult morphotypes of C. glomeratus.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Depto de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Univ Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. keilacoelho@yahoo.com.br.|Depto de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Univ Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, km 235 - SP-310, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil. keilacoelho@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: K C C
authors.initials: KCC
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Depto de Fitossanidade, Fac de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Univ Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: A L B G
authors.initials: ALBG
authors.lastname: Peronti
authors.affiliation: Depto de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Univ de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Cônsoli
authors.affiliation: Depto de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Univ Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, km 235 - SP-310, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Sousa-Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology
keywords: Morphology; soft scale; taxonomy; wax scale