Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, 1915

Martin, Jon H., 2005, Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2 - a review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood, Zootaxa 1098 (1), pp. 1-116 : 8

Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby

( Figs 39–40 , 82)

Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, 1915: 321–322 . Lectotype, Jamaica (designated by Martin, 1999: 31).

DISTRIBUTION. Widely distributed in most warmer parts of the world.

COMMENTS. A. woglumi is often known as the citrus blackfly because of the black puparia, combined with the dark bodies and dusky wings of the adults. Although this species was described from Jamaica, it is almost certain that A. woglumi is a native of the Oriental or Austro­oriental Region, and it is currently the only member of this important genus known in Central America.

Figures

FIGURES 35–40. 35–37, Aleuroglandulus subtilis Bondar, puparium (see Fig. 89 for photograph). 35–36, specimen from Colocasia ex­Costa Rica [A. malangae Russell sensu Russell, 1944]; 37, puparium (after Russell, 1944). 38, Aleurocerus sp., puparium, transverse­ovoid vasiform orifice located on vertically­directed bifid process (see Figs 83–85 for photographs). 39–40, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, puparium (see Fig. 82 for photograph), 39 drawn from specimen, 40 stylised.