Acanthaleyrodes

Dubey, Anil Kumar, Singh, Sudhir & Martin, Jon H., 2014, Acanthaleyrodes elevatus sp. n. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from India, with key to species and discussion of tuberculate setae, Zootaxa 3881 (1), pp. 33-48 : 35

Key to the puparia of Acanthaleyrodes species

1. Median tubercles present; dorsum with 16 pairs of tuberculate setae; vasiform orifice oval, pointed with a notch posteriorly, placed on protuberance that does not reach the puparial caudal margin; caudal tracheal furrow present ( Figs 27 & 44 )...... 2

- Median tubercles absent; dorsum with 11 pairs of tuberculate setae; vasiform orifice circular ( Figs 7, 11, 12 ), not pointed, without a notch posteriorly, placed on an much elevated tuberculate process that reaches the puparial caudal margin; caudal tracheal furrow absent ( Figs 7 & 8 ); India......................................................... elevatus sp. n.

2. Puparium 750–800 microns long; submedian tubercles absent along the segment sutures and bases of long tuberculate setae; operculum rectangular; China, Taiwan............................................................ callicarpae

- Puparium 930–1256 microns long, 651–930 microns wide; submedian tubercles present along the segment sutures and bases of long tuberculate setae ( Figs 28 & 33 ), especially on the posterior submedian area of abdominal segments; operculum subcordate ( Fig. 34 ), Thailand; Hong Kong.............................................................. styraci

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 34. Microphotographs, Acanthaleyrodes styraci, Hong Kong. 27, puparium, dorsal and ventral views. 28, abdominal segments. 29, cephalothorax. 30, thoracic tracheal pore. 31, caudal tracheal pore. 32, median tubercles on abdominal segments. 33, submedian tubercles along bases of tuberculate setae on abdominal area. 34, vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 44 – 49. Microphotographs, Acanthaleyrodes callicarpae, Taiwan. 44, puparium (NTU, Taiwan). 45, lectotype puparium (TARI), designated by A. K. Dubey & S. P. Chen. 46, same, median abdominal area. 47, lectotype puparium marked in circle. 48, lectotype puparium, posterior abdominal area and vasiform orifice. 49, TARI slide bearing lectotype and paralectotypes. (TARI—Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taiwan).

FIGURES 7 – 14. SEM microphotographs, Acanthaleyrodes elevatus sp. n., India. 7, puparium, dorsal view. 8, puparium, posterior abdominal area, lateral view showing position of vasiform orifice and setae on elevated tergite. 9, median area of abdominal segments and sculptures. 10, tuberculate seta, showing placement of seta on apex of elevated dorsal cuticle. 11, vasiform orifice on elevated tubular process, dorsal view. 12, vasiform orifice and operculum, enlarged view. 13, eighth abdominal setae, lingula and microtrichea on inner surface of uplifted operculum. 14, geminate pore on abdominal segment. Digits 1 – 8 indicating subdorsal setae. ABS 1 & ABS 8 — first and eighth abdominal setae, respectively, CES—cephalic seta, GP—geminate pore, L—lingula, OP—operculum, VO—vasiform orifice, MT—microtrichea.