Serenaspis minima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Diaspididae
Genus: Serenaspis
Species: Serenaspis minima

Name

• Serenaspis minima (Maskell, 1884)
  • Authority for current placement: Henderson, 2011: 188 ('new combination')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Fiorinia
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Henderson (2011: 189)
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC NZAC02008427
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND'
  • Type host: Pseudopanax sp.

Synonyms

• Chionaspis dysoxyli Maskell, 1885
  • Authority for current placement: Henderson, 2011: 188 ('new synonymy')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Obsolete combination: Pinnaspis dysoxyli:
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Deitz & Tocker (1980: 36)
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC NZAC02008424
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND'
  • Type host: Dysoxylum
• Chionaspis minor Maskell, 1885
  • Authority for current placement: Henderson, 2001: 89 ('NEW SYNONYMY', under Pinnaspis dysoxyli)
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Henderson (2001: 89)
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC NZAC02008421
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND'
  • Type host: Parsonsia

References

• Deitz, L.L.; Tocker, M.F. 1980: W.M. Maskell’s Homoptera: species-group names and type material. New Zealand DSIR information series, (146 )
• Henderson, R.C. 2001: New synonymies for two armoured scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) on Dysoxylum spectabile. New Zealand entomologist, 24: 89–90. PDF
• Henderson, R.C. 2011. Diaspididae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Fauna of New Zealand 66: 275 pp. PDF. ISBN 978-0-478-34726-5 (print), ISBN 978-0-478-34727-2 (digital). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: serene scale