Aleurotrachelus anonae Corbett

Dubey, Anil Kumar & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2010, Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and allied genera from Taiwan, Zootaxa 2685, pp. 1-29 : 4-5

Aleurotrachelus anonae Corbett

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Aleurotrachelus anonae Corbett, 1935: 802 .

Material examined. All puparia from Annona squamosa . Taiwan: Taitung, 72 puparia on 26 slides, 3.ix.2004, K. C. Chou; Taichung, TARI, 40 puparia on 21 slides, 10.xi.2004, K. C. Chou; 3 puparia on 2 slides, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium, 2.vi.2005, K. C. Chou; 2 puparia on 2 slides, 1.viii.1994, K. C. Chou; Chiayi, 2 puparia on 2 slides, 8.x.2004, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium, 25.i.1996, K. C. Chou; Pingtung, 6 puparia on 2 slides, 27.viii.1993, Y. L. Chou; 1 puparium, 27.viii.2004, K. C. Chou; Lingben, 27 puparia on 25 slides, 2.xi.1992, C. C. Ko; Changhua, 1 puparium, 18.viii.1994, K. C. Chou; Nantou, 1 puparium, 20.ix.1995, K. C. Chou; 4 puparia, 30.ix.1994, K. C. Chou ( NTU).

Host plants. Annona squamosa , Morus indica and Zingiber sp. ( Corbett, 1935).

Distribution. Malaysia ( Corbett, 1935); Taiwan (new record).

Remarks. This species is newly recorded from Taiwan, where it is restricted to southern areas. The species feeds only on Annona squamosa , on which heavy infestations have been seen on undersurface of leaves. The puparia are distinguished from the puparia of other Aleurotrachelus species in Taiwan by the presence of a toothed margin, teeth separated by deep incision, rhachisform abdominal segments, and a longitudinal row of pores and associated porettes along the longitudinal subdorsal fold.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Puparium. A. anonae (NTU). 1, dorsal and ventral views (digits 1 – 8 indicating the position of the submarginal setae). 2, margin. 3, posterior end of puparium and vasiform orifice.