Serenaspis rhaphidophorae (Williams & Watson)

Łagowska, Bozena, 2012, Two more new species of armoured scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) from Fiji, Zootaxa 3384, pp. 60-67 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.213553
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6178951
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0536947A-FF86-4141-95A2-FC9CFCD2DE60
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Serenaspis rhaphidophorae (Williams & Watson)
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Chionaspis rhaphidophorae Williams & Watson: Williams & Watson, 1988a View in CoL : 90.

Serenaspis rhaphidophorae (Williams & Watson) is very close to S. minima (Maskell) View in CoL , currently only known from New Zealand, sharing the presence of: (i) duct tubercles as far forward as at least the mesothorax, (ii) spiracular disc-pores associated with both anterior and posterior spiracles. and (iii) median lobes close together, with inner margins more or less parallel along most of their length and lacking a strong yoke linking the lobes together. On this basis, C. rhaphidophorae has been transferred to Serenaspis.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Diaspididae
Genus	Serenaspis