Crenidorsum elatostemae (Takahashi) Takahashi, 2010

Dubey, Anil Kumar & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2010, Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and allied genera from Taiwan, Zootaxa 2685, pp. 1-29 : 20-22

Crenidorsum elatostemae (Takahashi) comb. nov.

( Figs 52–53 , 57–59 , 78 )

Aleurotrachelus elatostemae Takahashi, 1932: 42 .

Material examined. Lectotype puparium (here designated) and paralectotypes: Taiwan, Taiheizan, 44 puparia on 2 slides, on Elatostema lineolatum , 20.v.1931, R. Takahashi, TARI, Taiwan.

Other material. Taiwan: Chiyai, 7 puparia on Elatostema platyphylloides , 12.iv.1995, K. C. Chou; Fusan, 11 puparia on 5 slides, on E. lineolatum , 3.vi.1994, K. C. Chou; Nantou, Puli, 4 puparia on 4 slides, on Begonia laciniata , 27.ix.1995, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium on E. lineolatum , 23.v. 1995, K. C. Chou; 2 puparia on 2 slides, on E. platyphylloides , 18.iv.1995, K. C. Chou; Sansia, 6 puparia on 3 slides, on E. lineolatum , 11.xi.1994, K. C. Chou; Taichung, 7 puparia on 3 slides, on unidentified plant, 20.x.1989, C. C. Ko; Taidong, 50 puparia on 11 slides, on unidentified plant, 25.ii.1990, C. C. Ko; Taipei, 2 puparia on E. platyphylloides , 5.iv.1996, K. C. Chou; Wulai, 6 puparia on 3 slides, E. lineolatum , 10.xii.1994, K. C. Chou; Xidin, 2 puparia on 2 slides, on E. lineolatum , 28.x.1994, K. C. Chou; 7 puparia on Solanum nigrum , 16.vii.2009, A. K. Dubey ( NTU).

Host plants. Elatostema lineolatum ( Takahashi, 1932) ; Oreocnide pedunculata , Solanum sp. ( Takahashi, 1935); Begonia laciniata , Elatostema platyphylloides , Solanum nigrum (new records). Distribution. Taiwan.

Remarks. The lectotype puparium of this species is among 20 former syntypes mounted on one slide and is a central puparium, marked by a circle on cover slip ( Fig. 79 ).

Figures

FIGURES 52 – 53. Puparium. Cr. elatostemae (TARI). 52, dorsal and ventral views (digits 1 – 6 indicating the position of the submarginal setae). 53, vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 54 – 59. Puparia. 54, Cr. alpinus, puparium (TARI). 55, same, submedian area of thorax. 56, same, vasiform orifice. 57, Cr. elatostemae, lectotype puparium. 58, same, submedian area of thorax. 59, same, vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 73 – 80. Type slides. 73, lectotype & paralectotypes, A. fissistigmae. 74, holotype, A. maesae. 75, lectotype & paralectotypes, A. pyracanthae. 76, lectotype & paralectotypes, Co. rubi. 77, neotype, Co. taiwanus. 78, lectotype & paralectotypes, Cr. elatostemae. 79, lectotype & paralectotypes, Cr. micheliae. 80, lectotype & paralectotypes, Cr. turpiniae.