Tetralicia granulata Sampson & Drews, 1941

Ellenrieder, Natalia Von & Gill, Raymond J., 2024, The genus Tetralicia Harrison (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) in California, U. S. A., with the description of five new species and a redescription of Tetralicia granulata Sampson & Drews, 1941, Zootaxa 5527 (1), pp. 1-129 : 53-54

Tetralicia granulata Sampson & Drews, 1941

Figs 210–218

Tetralecia [sic] granulata Sampson & Drews, 1941: 169 ; Valencia & Evans 2024: 217 (in part: type data only). Aleuropleurocelus granulata : Mound & Halsey 1978: 60; Evans 2007: 170.

Material examined. 27 puparia: MEXICO, Sinaloa: Holotype, Mazatlán , iv.1926, G.F. Ferris coll. # 671 [ BME 839 ]; 26 paratypes, same data as holotype [ CSCA].

Hosts. Unknown.

Characterization.

Field Characteristics. Puparium oblanceolate with caudal protuberance; according to Sampson & Drews (1941) description “occurs on underside of leaf; body black, obscured by a thin layer of powdery wax.”

Slide-mounted characters. TMS ending at apparent margin, not lined with tubercles medially ( Figs 210 , 211 ); longitudinal molting suture lined with tubercles from TMS to submargin ( Fig. 210 ); eyespots absent; Ce setae absent; T2 and T3 setae present, T3 setae arising well behind anterior margin of metanotum ( Fig. 205 ); medial area of head unknown, missing in all specimens; medial area of thorax almost entirely covered with large tubercles distributed uniformly; medial area of A1–A7 almost entirely covered with large tubercles, which are absent only from a mediolateral patch on each side of A2–A7 ( Figs 210 , 211 , 216 ); anterolateral depressions on abdomen inconspicuous; usually with pores and microsetae on each side of submedial area of T1 (2), T2 (2), T3 (2), A1 (2), A2 (2), A3 (2), A4 (2), A5 (0–2), A6 (0–2), A7 (0–2), and A8 (2); lateral areas of dorsal disc with large tubercles, with pores and microsetae between dorsal disc and submargin; dorsal submargin with transverse double rows of tubercles which decrease in size towards apparent margin, separated by bare areas wider than rows ( Fig. 212 ); deflexed submargin lacking microsetae and pores, covered with granulations distributed uniformly in wide indistinct bands ( Figs 213 ); marginal glandular teeth subquadragular with tips serrate ( Fig. 214 ); VO subcordate, inset from posterior margin by about its own length or slightly more; operculum ornamented with longitudinal ridges and with a patch of distal microspinulae; VO ring subquadrate, slightly wider anteriorly ( Figs 217, 218 ), forming a slightly elevated promontory ( Fig. 216 ), with A8 dorsal setae arising anterior to level of anterior margin of operculum ( Figs 216–218 ); with two membranous ventral sacs medially to bases of mesothoracic legs ( Fig. 215 ); bases of caudal setae located externally to lateral level of VO ring ( Fig. 217 ) to level of lateral margins of VO ( Fig. 218 ), separated by a distance subequal to three to five times the width of one setal socket; venter entirely smooth, lacking spinulae or spines medially to leg bases ( Fig. 215 ).

Measurements (values of holotype in square brackets). Puparium length: 631 ± 45 [621]; maximum width (between level of T2/T3 suture and A1): 379 ± 47 [378]; length/maximum width: 1.7 ± 0.1 [1.6]; width at level of anterior margin of operculum: 162 ± 18 [179]; maximum width/width at anterior margin of operculum: 2.3 ± 0.2 [2.1]; deflexed submargin/body radius: 0.5 ± 0.1 [0.4]; Ce setae: absent; T2 setae: missing; T3 setae: missing; dorsal A8 setae: 27 [missing]; caudal setae: 42 ± 8 [36]; anterior marginal setae: none visible; posterior marginal seta: 12 [none visible]; ventral A8 setae: 10 [none visible]; VO ring length: 44 ± 3 [41]; VO ring width: 44 ± 6 [40]; VO ring length/width: 1 ± 0.1 [1]; caudal seta/VO ring length: 0.9 ± 0.2 [0.9]; caudal seta/operculum length: 1.7 ± 0.2 [1.6]; VO length: 29 ± 1.9 [27]; VO width: 28 ± 1 [27]; VO length/width: 1.1 ± 0.1 [1]; operculum length: 25 ± 1.4 [23]; operculum/VO length: 0.9 ± 0.05 [0.9] (see Table 1 for ranges).

Similar species. Tetralicia lantanae .

Diagnosis. See under T. lantanae

Remarks. The description and illustration in Sampson & Drews (1941: 171, fig. 17) are inaccurate. Thoracic setae are stated to be short, however not a single specimen in the type series (including the holotype) has T2 or T3 setae preserved (only their setal sockets are evident). The illustration shows a complete puparium, but every single specimen in the type series was parasitized and is missing the medial area of the head and in most specimens also part of the thorax, and the dorsal A8 setae and caudal setae are depicted as being much longer than what they actually are in any of the specimens.

Distribution. Sinaloa State in Mexico.

Figures

FIGURE 210. Tetralicia granulata, Holotype: Habitus.

FIGURE 211. Tetralicia granulata, Paratype: Habitus.

FIGURES 212–218. Tetralicia granulata: 212, 213, 217: Holotype; 214–216, 218: Paratypes. 212: Dorsal submargin; 213: Deflexed submargin; 214: Detail marginal teeth; 215: Venter T2 and T3; 216: Caudal end of abdomen, laterodorsal view; 217, 218: Caudal end of abdomen, dorsal view.

FIGURES 203–209. Tetralicia sierrae: 203, 205, 207, 208: Paratypes?; 204, 206, 209: Mariposa Co., between Crow and Signal Peaks, on Ceanothus parvifolius. 203: Cephalothoracic dorsal disc and submargin; 204: Venter T2 and T3; 205: Dorsal disc and submargin of abdomen; 206: Detail of deflexed submargin; 207, 208: Caudal end of abdomen, dorsal view; 209: Caudal end of abdomen, ventral view.