Tetralicia sawyeri, Valencia & Evans, 2024

Valencia, Luis & Evans, Gregory A., 2024, Review of the genus Tetralicia (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and description of two new species of whiteflies found on avocado trees in Peru, Zootaxa 5403 (2), pp. 197-238 : 222

36. Tetralicia sawyeri Valencia & Evans, n. sp.

( Figs. 2 , 7 , 8 )

Holotype puparium, Peru, Lima, Malpica Park , 14.v.2015, L.A. Valencia, on Persea americana ; in NHM.

Distribution: Neotropical: Peru.

Host: Lauraceae : Persea americana .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Tetralicia sawyeri n. sp. puparium. A) drawing with detail of vasiform orifice. Setae: Cs1 (cephalic setae), Ts2 (mesothoracic setae), Ts3 (metathoracic setae), As8 (8th abdominal segment setae), Cas (caudal setae); Structure: lms (longitudinal molting suture), cl (cluster of pores), def (deflexed margin), radius, tms (transverse molting suture), tm (true margin), vo (vasiform orifice), op (operculum), cp (caudal protuberance); B) puparium treated only with hydrogen peroxide; C) puparium treated with potassium hydroxide (10%) and hydrogen peroxide.

FIGURE 7. Tetralicia sawyeri n. sp. puparium. A) habitus drawing, B) habitus slide mounted specimen, C) lateral margin (tm=true margin), D) vasiform orifice, E) cephalothorax (sms=submarginal setae; gp=geminate pores, cl=cluster of bright pores, F) abdomen (ad=abdominal depression, gp=geminate pores, bp=bright pores, G–K) vasiform orifice (vo) showing lingula with strongly chitinized, four finger-like projections at its apex and views at different depths of field, showing the muscles responsible for the movement of the operculum (op).

FIGURE 8. Tetralicia sawyeri n. sp. A) adults on avocado leaf; B–H) adult female: B) antenna, C) antenna, F3–F7 =flagellar segments 3–7, rs=round sensoriae, sc=sensorial cone, D) tibia I, E) tibia II, tb=tibial brush, F) tibia III, tc=tibial comb, G) ovipositor, ov=ovipositor, H) cg=cement gland.