Valid Names Results

Ctenochiton Maskell, 1879 (Coccidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Ctenochiton Maskell 1879: 208. Type species: Ctenochiton viridis Maskell by subsequent designation Fernal1903b:159 . accepted valid name
• Cnetochiton Balachowsky 1932b: 36;. . misspelling of genus name

Remarks

• Systematics: In 2025, the genus Ctenochiton included 16 species, with C. viridis Maskell from New Zealand as the type species. Prior to Hodgson & Henderson’s (2000) revision of the soft scale insects of New Zealand, 11 species from New Zealand had been placed in this genus but these authors was considered highly unlikely that any of these latter species are congeneric with C. viridis All seven species from Australia were transferred to other genera by Gullan & Hodgson, 2026.
• Biology: A few species of the New Zealand genera Ctenochiton Maskell and Lecanochiton Maskell cause pits and other distortions on the leaves or stems of their hosts (Hodgson & Henderson, 2000).
• General Remarks: Definition and characters given by Hodgson (1994a) and by Hodgson & Henderson (2000).

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.221-223 ( Adult (M) ) [Coccidae species]
• HodgsoHe2000: pp.103 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of New Zealand]
• Hodgso1969a: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Zimbabwe]

Associated References

• Ali1971: taxonomy, pp. 29-30
• Ashmea1891: taxonomy, pp. 99
• Balach1932b: taxonomy, pp. 36,38
• BenDov1993: catalog, pp. 99
• Cocker1899a: taxonomy, pp. 394
• Cocker1899n: taxonomy, pp. 15
• DixLuMoKu2019: morphology, pp. 253
• EzzatHu1969: description, taxonomy, pp. 395
• Fernal1903b: catalog, pp. 159
• Frogga1915: description, taxonomy, pp. 511
• GullanHo2026: diagnosis, taxonomy, pp. 113
• GullanMiCo2005: structure, taxonomy, pp. 164,181-182
• Hodgso1969a: taxonomy, pp. 3,10
• Hodgso1994a: description, taxonomy, pp. 208-211
• Hodgso2020: key, pp. 223
• HodgsoHe2000: description, taxonomy, pp. 22-23,97-98,103
• Maskel1879: description, taxonomy, pp. 208
• Maskel1882: taxonomy, pp. 218
• Maskel1884: taxonomy, pp. 130
• Miller1996: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 70
• MorrisMo1922: description, taxonomy, pp. 71-75
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 39,52
• Steinw1929: description, taxonomy, pp. 234-235
• Tang1991: description, taxonomy, pp. 319-320

12 Species