Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance)

Lee, Suhyeon & Suh, Soo-Jung, 2022, Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) intercepted on plant product imported to South Korea from 2013 - 2021, Insecta Mundi 2022 (947), pp. 1-17 : 6

12. Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance) ( Fig. 14 )

Diagnosis. Puparium black. Puparial margin covered with waxy secretion, also with fine waxy sculpturing delineating segmentation and folds. Dorsal disc separated from submarginal region by suture. Eye spots present. Thoracic and caudal tracheal combs present, three thoracic and three caudal tracheal teeth. Vasiform orifice surrounded by a trilobed figure. Abdominal segmentation distinct, rachis present.

Korean quarantine notes. This whitefly was described from Japan (Eastern Palaearctic region) and was intercepted 20 times; Thailand on Musa sapientum (Musaceae) and Rhaphidophora hongkongensis (Araceae) . It is distributed in South Korea ( Suh 2014).

Figures

Figures 10–18. Eight species of whiteflies.10) Aleuroclava jasmini (Takahashi), puparium.11) Aleuroclava neolitseae (Takahashi), puparium. 12) Aleuroclava similis (Takahashi), puparium. 13) Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, puparium. 14) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), puparium. 15) Aleuroplatus alcocki (Peal), puparium. 16–17) Aleuroplatus bossi Takahashi, puparium and vasiform orifice. 18) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium.