Aleurotrachelus pyracanthae Takahashi

Dubey, Anil Kumar & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2010, Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and allied genera from Taiwan, Zootaxa 2685, pp. 1-29 : 7-9

Aleurotrachelus pyracanthae Takahashi

( Figs 16–18 , 22–24 , 75 )

Aleurotrachelus pyracanthae Takahashi, 1935: 58 .

Material examined. Lectotype puparium (here designated) and paralectotypes: Taiw an, Taito, 9 puparia, on Pyracantha koidzumi , 21.iii.1934, R. Takahashi, TARI, Taiwan.

Other material: Taiwan: Taoyuen, Loloshan, 1 puparium on Osmanthus fragrans , 13.ii.1987, C. C. Ko; Nantou, Nansanshi, 2 puparia on 2 slides, on Liquidambar formosana , 10.v.1995, K. C. Chou; Nantou, Xusan, 1 puparium on Gymnema sylvestre , 20.ix.1995, K. C. Chou; Hsinchu, 1 puparium on Prunus phaeosticta , 26.iii.2009, A. K. Dubey; 1 puparium on Hedera rhombea var. formosana , 26.iii.2009, A. K. Dubey ( NTU).

Host plants. Pyracantha koidzumi ( Takahashi, 1935) ; Gymnema sylvestre , Hedera rhombea var. formosana , Liquidambar formosana , Osmanthus fragrans , Prunus phaeosticta (new records).

Distribution. Taiwan.

Remarks. The lectotype puparium of this species is among nine syntypes on slide. It is the first puparium on left side of the slide, and marked by a circle on cover slip. The puparia of this species have a row of grouped pores (2–3 in each group) on submargin.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 18. Lectotype puparium. A. pyracanthae (TARI). 16, dorsal and ventral views (margin ventrally folded, ams – anterior marginal seta, pms – posterior marginal seta). 17, margin. 18, posterior end of puparium and vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 19 – 24. Microscopic images of puparia. 19, A. maesae, holotype puparium. 20, same, margin. 21, same, vasiform orifice and caudal end of the puparium. 22, A. pyracanthae, puparium. 23, same, margin. 24, 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.