Aleurotrachelus tuberculatus Singh

Dubey, Anil Kumar & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2010, Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and allied genera from Taiwan, Zootaxa 2685, pp. 1-29 : 10-12

Aleurotrachelus tuberculatus Singh

( Figs 25–27 , 31–33 )

Aleurotrachelus tuberculatus Singh, 1933: 343 .

Material examined. All puparia from Lindera communis . Taiwan: Nantou, 86 puparia on 38 slides, 21.i.1994, K. C. Chou; 12 puparia on 4 slides, 10.i.1996, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium, 6.i.1995, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium, 10.i.1996, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium, 21.i.1994, K. C. Chou ( NTU).

Host plants. Centrosema pubescens , Dalbergia sp. ( Takahashi, 1942); Ficus sp. ( Singh, 1933); Lindera oldhamii ( Takahashi, 1935) ; Bauhinia racemosa , Mesua nagassarium , Morus alba , Portulaca oleracea , Xeromphis uliginosa , Helicteres isora ( Dubey & Ko, 2008) ; Lindera communis (new record).

Distribution. Burma ( Singh, 1933); Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Thailand ( Takahashi, 1942); Madagascar ( Evans, 2007).

Remarks. The puparia of this species are distinguishable by the presence of long cephalic, meso-, and metathoracic setae, reaching beyond margin, and elevated rectangular vasiform orifice.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 27. Puparium, A. tuberculatus (NTU). 25, dorsal and ventral views (digits 1 – 8 indicating the position of the submarginal setae). 26, margin. 27, posterior end of puparium and vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 31 – 36. Microscopic images of puparia. 31, A. tuberculatus, puparium. 32, same, margin. 33, same, vasiform orifice and caudal end of the puparium. 34, Co. caerulescens, puparium. 35, same, margin. 36, same, vasiform orifice.