Tetralicia nigrans ( Bemis, 1904 )

Valencia, Luis & Evans, Gregory A., 2024, Review of the genus Tetralicia (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and description of two new species of whiteflies found on avocado trees in Peru, Zootaxa 5403 (2), pp. 197-238 : 220-221

26. Tetralicia nigrans ( Bemis, 1904) , comb. rev.

( Fig. 6E , USNM specimen)

Aleyrodes nigrans Bemis, 1904: 522 . Syntype puparia. USA: California, San Ramon Valley, Mount Diablo , on Clematis ligustifolia and many other plants; in USNM.

Tetraleurodes nigrans ( Bemis, 1904) ; Quaintance & Baker (1914: 108).

Tetralicia nigrans ( Bemis, 1904) ; Baker (1937: 281).

Aleuropleurocelus nigrans ( Bemis, 1904) ; Drews & Sampson (1956: 281); Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores (2018: 618).

Distribution: Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Nevada); Neotropical: El Salvador [int], Haiti [int], Mexico.

Host: Caprifoliaceae : Lonicera involucrata , Symphoricarpos racemosus ; Ericaceae : Arbutus menziesii , Arctostaphylos manzanita , Arctostaphylos sp. ; Fagaceae : Quercus densiflora ; Hydrophyllaceae : Eriodictyon californicum ; Lamiaceae : Salvia sp. , Lauraceae : Umbellularia californica ; Ranunculaceae : Clematis ligusticifolia ; Rhamnaceae : Ceanothus californicus , Rhamnus californica ; Rosaceae : Heteromeles arbutifolia , Prunus ilicifolia .

Comment: Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores (2018) reported this species from Mexico; Dooley et al. (2010) reported it from Nevada ( USA).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Puparia of Tetralicia species. A) laingi (Drews & Sampson), B) mexicana (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), C) mixteca (Carapia-Ruiz), D) nevadensis (Dooley), E) nigrans (Bemis), F) oblanceolata (Drews & Sampson), G) ornata (Drews & Sampson), H) pallida, I) palidonigrans (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), J) petensis (Carapia-Ruiz & García-Ochaeta), K) popocatepetl (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), L) pseudogranulata (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), M) rotunda Baker, N) sampsoni (Sanchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz), O) sierrae Sampson), P) xalapensis (Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz).