Aleurotrachelus tracheifer (Quaintance), 1914

Martin, Jon H., 2005, Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2 - a review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood, Zootaxa 1098 (1), pp. 1-116 : 24

Aleurotrachelus tracheifer (Quaintance)

( Figs 16 , 99, 141)

Aleurodes tracheifer Quaintance, 1900: 38–39 . Syntypes, Mexico.

Aleurotrachelus tracheifer (Quaintance) Quaintance & Baker, 1914: 103 .

DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region: Belize, Mexico, Panamá.

COMMENTS. Puparia of this species usually occur in small clusters under leaves, and their secretions are delicate and distinctive (Fig. 141). The puparial cuticle is dark brown, but bleaching is rarely necessary. A. tracheifer is one of the few Aleurotrachelus species whose puparia possess a pair of cephalic submedian setae.

Figures

FIGURES 13–16. 13–15, Aleurothrixus spp. 13, A. chivelensis (Sampson & Drews), vacated pupal case, dorsal, simplified drawing; 14, A. myrtacei Bondar, puparium, dorsum, simplified drawing (see Fig. 97 for photograph); 15, A. floccosus (Maskell), puparium, dorsum (see Fig. 96 for photograph); 16, Aleurotrachelus tracheifer (Quaintance), puparium, dorsum, simplified drawing (see Figs 99, 141 for photographs).