Bemisia afer sens

Hernández-Suárez, Estrella, Martin, Jon H., Gill, Raymond J., Bedford, Ian D., Malumphy, Christopher P., Betancort, J. Alfredo Reyes & Carnero, Aurelio, 2012, 3212, Zootaxa 3212, pp. 1-76 : 20

Bemisia afer sens lat. form H

( Figures 27, 57, 67)

PUPARIUM. Habitus. The immature stages occur scattered or aggregated on both sides of leaves of the host plants, with waxy secretions in the form of dense, very fine, rather spatulate filaments ( Fig. 67). Cuticle pale with four dark infuscated areas; lingula and operculum also characteristically pigmented ( Fig. 57). Margin. Outline ovoid, generally widest at metathorax. Margin undulate with thoracic tracheal openings not marked. Chaetotaxy. Specimens of form H have seven pairs of cephalothoracic setae and nine pairs of abdominal setae (including the cephalic, first abdominal, eighth abdominal and caudal pairs) as shown in Fig. 27, all rather fine and needle-like; anterior and posterior marginal setae present, similar to dorsal setae.

Material examined: TENERIFE: Barranco Badajoz, Cuevas Negras, Güímar, Punta del Hidalgo, Valle Guerra on Artemisia thuscula . GRAN CANARIA: Los Tiles on Artemisia thuscula .