Ctenarytaina Ferris & Klyver, 1932
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.2 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:42EC36DB-84AD-44DF-ADA4-978DA50CDA46 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016455 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987CF-1A4A-4F1A-73D5-FDB3EA4DFB5E |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Ctenarytaina Ferris & Klyver |
status |
|
Ctenarytaina Ferris & Klyver View in CoL View at ENA
( Figs 13 View FIGURES 10 – 27 , 41 View FIGURES 37 – 46. 37 – 38 , 47 View FIGURES 47 – 58 , 77 View FIGURES 77 – 80 )
Diagnosis: Head strongly deflected; genal processes cone-shaped, shorter than half the vertex length ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 10 – 27 ). Antenna scarcely longer than head width, terminal setae strongly unequal; pterostigma present ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 47 – 58 ). Metacoxa with tubercular meracanthus; mesotibia with a longitudinal outer apical comb of short bristles ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 37 – 46. 37 – 38 ).
Biology and damage: Ctenarytaina eucalypti and C. spatulata are considered pests in plantations of Eucalyptus (Burckhardt et al. 1999; Santana & Burckhardt 2007). Immatures of both species live in colonies feeding on young plants or shoots, secreting waxy filaments and honeydew ( Cadahia 1980; Santana & Burckhardt 2007), the latter promoting the growth of sooty mould (Santana et al. 1999; Pinzón et al. 2002; Santana & Burckhardt 2007). Reported damage for C. eucalypti includes dessication, distortion and deformation of leafs and shoots, which acquire a blackish gray coloration ( Cadahia 1980).
Host-plants: Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) ( Taylor 1997; Burckhardt et al. 1999; Hollis 2004).
Distribution: Indo-Australian and African genus ( Burckhardt 1994b; NHMB data), some Australian species introduced into Africa, America, Asia, Europe and New Zealand (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012).— Colombia: Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Pinzón et al. 2002) .
Remarks: This is the first record of Ctenarytaina spatulata in Colombia.
Examined material: Ctenarytaina eucalypti : Boyacá: 2 (female), Topaga , 5°46'1"N, 72°40'59"W, 2900 m, 30-Jun-2012 (L. Buitrago), UNAB 1143 View Materials GoogleMaps .— Ctenarytaina spatulata : Cundinamarca: 1 (female) , Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°38'N, 74°05'W, 2604 m, 21-Aug-2012 (L. Zubieta), UNAB 1144 View Materials GoogleMaps .
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |