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Ctenochiton serratus Green, 1904 (Coccidae: Ctenochiton)

Ctenochiton serratus Green 1904a: 67. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Warranambool, on Styphelia sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The male of C. serratus appears to be closely related to most of the New Zealand indigenous Coccidae, particularly Aphenochiton inconspicuous (Maskell) and Plumichiton pollicinus Henderson & Hodgson (Hodgson & Henderson, 2004) which it closely resembles in (i) lacking postmesospiracular setae and (ii) in having rather few setae. It differs from both in having (i) fleshy setae on the abdominal venter, (ii) many anterior and posterior metasternal setae, (iii) many postmetaspiracular setae and (iv) in the presence and structure of the microridges in the reticulations on the head. (Hodgson, 2020)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of male in Hodgson, 2020.

BenDov1993: catalog, 103
Green1904: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 67
Hodgso2020: description of male, diagnosis, illustration, key, taxonomy, 223, 236-238
Sander1906: catalog, 7
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 214