Aleuroplatus cinnamomi Jesudasan & David

Dubey, Anil Kumar & David, Vasantharaj, 2012, Studies on the Indian species of Aleuroplatus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), with designation of a neotype puparium for Aleurodes alcocki Peal, Zootaxa 3303, pp. 50-58 : 57

Aleuroplatus cinnamomi Jesudasan & David stat. rev.

Aleuroplatus cinnamomi Jesudasan & David, 1991: 282 .

Although synonymised with Aleuroplatus pectiniferus by Martin (1999), this species is here considered valid. The holotype is a parasitized puparium, but the species differs from A. pectiniferus by the presence of three pores and associated porettes on the median area of the abdominal segments I–VI ( Figs 4, 6 , 24, 25 ). This pattern of pores and associated porettes was constant in the the puparium of the paratype specimen examined from IARI. In contrast, the puparia of A. pectiniferus have only one pair of geminate pores on the median area of these segments. Also the subdorsal and submarginal tubercular processes are much longer in A. cinnamomi , and the marginal teeth are triangular whereas they are conical in A. pectiniferus .

Material studied. India: holotype puparium, on Cinnamomum sp., Tamil Nadu, Kallar (the Nilgiris) 20.vi.1985, R.W.A. Jesudasan ( IARI, Reg. No. 109/8/8/5). One paratype puparium (parasitoid pupal case inside), data same as holotype ( IARI, Reg. No. 4/25/20).

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 7. A. alcocki, holotype puparium. 2, dorsal and ventral views. 3, vasiform orifice. Fig. 4 – 7. A. cinnamomi, holotype puparium. 4, dorsal and ventral views. 5, margin. 6, median area of abdomen showing presence of three pores and associated porettes. 7, vasiform orifice and posterior abdominal area.

FIGURES 15 – 27. Types and determined material. Figs 15 – 19, A. alcocki, neotype puparium. 15, same, puparium. 16, cephalic median fold. 17, thoracic tracheal comb. 18, vasiform orifice and posterior marginal area. 19, neotype slide. Figs 20 – 23, A. incisus. 20, same, puparium. 21, thoracic tracheal comb. 22, vasiform orifice and posterior marginal area. 23, enlarged view of vasiform orifice. Figs 24 – 27, A. cinnamomi, holotype puparium. 24, same, abdominal area, 25, median abdominal area showing three pores and associated porettes. 26, vasiform orifice and caudal tracheal comb. 27, margin and submarginal tubercles.