Ceratanaphes Noyes & Valentine, 1989

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 28-29

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1596.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098545
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scientific name	Ceratanaphes Noyes & Valentine
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Genus Ceratanaphes Noyes & Valentine View in CoL View at ENA ( Figs. 72–76 View FIGURES 72–76 )

Ceratanaphes Noyes & Valentine 1989: 29 View in CoL . Type species: Ceratanaphes monticola Noyes & Valentine View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Ceratanaphes belongs to the Cleruchus group of genera. It is distinguished from other genera in the group as follows: funicle 6-segmented, the segments at least twice as long as wide ( Fig. 72 View FIGURES 72–76 ); Fore wing not parallel-sided, about 5.5x as long as wide, almost transparent ( Fig. 75 View FIGURES 72–76 ); metasoma laterally compressed, about twice as long as mesosoma. Fore leg as in Fig. 73 View FIGURES 72–76 . Male flagellum 11-segmented ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 72–76 ) and genitalia as in Fig. 76 View FIGURES 72–76 .

Body length. 896–1228 µm.

Distribution. Australia and New Zealand.

Hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. Noyes & Valentine (1989).

Australian species (2):

C. laplacei (Girault, 1912 [120]: 150) ( Anaphes ); Girault, 1915 [229]: 179 (generic transfer to Enaesius [a synonym of Erythmelus ]); Dahms, 1984: 745. TL: Qld, near Hughenden. Comb. nov. from Erythmelus .

C. wallacei (Girault 1912 [120]: 147) ( Anaphes ); Girault, 1915 [229]: 179 (generic transfer to Enaesius [a synonym of Erythmelus ]); Dahms, 1986: 648. Comb. nov. from Erythmelus . TL: Qld, Nelson [= Gordonvale].