Aleuropleurocelus nigrans (Bemis) 1904

Dooley Iii, John W., Lambrecht, Susan & Honda, Jeffrey, 2010, Eight new state records of aleyrodine whiteflies found in Clark County, Nevada and three newly described taxa (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Aleyrodinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (140), pp. 1-36 : 13-14

Aleuropleurocelus nigrans (Bemis) 1904

Diagnosis. Puparium ( Figure 8 ): Habitus. Black in color and boat shaped (elliptical) with a thin wax layer. Slide mounted specimen-Lateral margin. Lateral margin convex; outer margin deflexed with imbricated marginal band; true margin is dentate. Dorsum. Transverse molting suture terminates before the third thoracic suture; median abdominal depressions strongly sclerotized. Vasiform orifice. Raised and surrounded by a sclerotized ring; lingula concealed by cordate shaped operculum; caudal protuberance present. Pores. Each abdominal segment (except A 2) has one or two pairs of porettes near the sclerotized median depressions. Chaetotaxy. Anterior and posterior setae present; cephalic and A 8 setae present.

Nevada distribution. Red Rock Canyon NCA: Lost Creek Canyon; Pine Creek Canyon; Sandstone Quarry.

Figures

Figure 8. Aleuropleurocelus nigrans (Bemis).