Ctenarytaina Ferris & Klyver 1932

Ctenarytaina Ferris & Klyver (Figs 13, 41, 47, 77) Diagnosis: Head strongly deflected; genal processes cone-shaped, shorter than half the vertex length (Fig. 13). Antenna scarcely longer than head width, terminal setae strongly unequal; pterostigma present (Fig. 47). Metacoxa with tubercular meracanthus; mesotibia with a longitudinal outer apical comb of short bristles (Fig. 41). 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; Pinz��n 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 (Pinz��n et al. 2002). Remarks: This is the first record of Ctenarytaina spatulata in Colombia. Examined material: Ctenarytaina eucalypti: Boyac��: 2 (female), Topaga, 5��46'1"N, 72��40'59"W, 2900 m, 30-Jun-2012 (L. Buitrago), UNAB 1143.��� Ctenarytaina spatulata: Cundinamarca: 1 (female), Bogot��, Univ. Nal. Col., 4��38'N, 74��05'W, 2604 m, 21-Aug-2012 (L. Zubieta), UNAB 1144.
Published as part of Rend��n-Mera, Diana Isabel, Serna, Francisco & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2017, Generic synopsis of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) from Colombia in Zootaxa 4350 (3), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1059233
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