Aleurotrachelus sp.

Suh, Soo-Jung & Ji, Jungyoun, 2014, A Checklist of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Intercepted on Imported Plants in Korea 2005 - 2013, Insecta Mundi 2014 (354), pp. 1-14 : 4

Aleurotrachelus sp. ( Figure 1F )

Korea Port Interceptions. Thailand: 1 puparium, on Citrus aurantifolia (Rutaceae) leaf, 25-xi-2008; same data, 1-iv-2009.

Diagnosis. Puparial margin covered with narrow wax secretion. Margin toothed. Dorsal disc with a pair of longitudinal cephalothoracic folds, rhachis present. Thoracic tracheal and caudal pores or notches absent. Vasiform orifice subcordate, situated on an elevated posterior end of the rhachis.

Remarks. This specimen was difficult to identify to species because the current taxonomic knowledge of Aleurotrachelus from Southern Asia is limited.

Figures

Figure 1. Nine species of whiteflies. A) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), habitus. B) Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, habitus. C) Aleuroduplidens eucalyptifolia Martin, puparium. D) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), habitus. E) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium. F) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium. G) Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell), puparium. H) Tetraleurodes sp., puparium. I) Xenaleyrodes eucalypti (Dumbleton), puparium.