Aleuropleurocelus ceanothi (Sampson) 1945

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 : 10-12

Aleuropleurocelus ceanothi (Sampson) 1945

Diagnosis. Puparium ( Figure 6 ): Habitus. Black in color; boat shaped (elliptical). Slide mounted specimen-Lateral margin. Convex with outer lateral margin deflexed with imbricated marginal band; true margin is dentate. Dorsum. Transverse molting suture reaches the third thoracic suture; median abdominal depressions weakly or not prominently sclerotized. Vasiform orifice. Raised and surrounded by a sclerotized ring; lingula concealed by cordate-shaped operculum; caudal protuberance present. Pores. Absent. Chaetotaxy; anterior and posterior setae, cephalic, and A 8 setae present.

Nevada distribution. Mount Charleston area: “Boy Scout Area” and in Lee Canyon; Red Rock Canyon NCA: Pine Creek Canyon; Sandstone Quarry; Willow Springs.

Nevada hosts. Boraginaceae : Eriodictyon sp. ; Ericaceae : Arctostaphylos sp. ; Fagaceae : Quercus sp. ; Rhamnaceae : Ceanothus sp.

Nevada materials studied (83 puparia). “Boy Scout Area” 35 o 59.254N by 115 o 31.637W on Ceanothus ? sp. 23-viii-06: 3 puparia; Lee Canyon 35 o 58.528N by 115 o 22.307W Eriodictyon sp. , 23-viii-06: 4 puparia. Red Rock Canyon NCA: Pine Creek Canyon at 36 o 07.514N by 115 o 28.738W (elev.3971’) on Eriodictyon sp. , 23-xii-2007: 5 puparia; 36 o 07.514N by 115 o 28.738W (elev.3971’) on Quercus sp. , 23-xii-2007: 2 puparia; Sandstone Quarry on Arctostaphylos sp. , 28-iii-2008: 2 puparia and 19-viii-2008: 3 puparia; Sandstone Quarry on Arctostaphylos sp. , 19-viii-2008: 2 puparia; at 36 o 09.802N by 115 o 27.9013W and 36 o 09.709N by 115 o 26.982W on Arctostaphylos sp. , 19-viii-2008: 2 puparia; at 36 o 09.709N by 115 o 26.782W on Eriodictyon sp. 19-viii-2008: 1 puparium; at 36 o 09.788N by 115 o 27.010W on Eriodictyon sp. 19-viii-2008: 7 puparia; at 36 o 09.709N by 115 o 26.782W on Eriodictyon sp. 19-viii-2008: 2 puparia; at 36 o 09.802N by 115 o 27.013W on Eriodictyon sp. 19-viii-2008: 6 puparia; on Eriodictyon sp. 03-vii-2006: 13 puparia, 28-iii- 2008: 3 puparia, 19-8-2008: 3 puparia; 36 o 09.816N by 115 o 27.027W, 24-viii-2006: 3 puparia, 28-iii-2008: 7 puparia; at 36 o 09.715N by 115 o 26.998W on Larrea sp. , 28-iii-2008: 6 puparia and 19-viii-2008: 1 puparium; on Quercus sp. , 03-vii-2006: 4 puparia. Willow Springs) on Eriodictyon sp. 22-vi-2007: 3 puparia.

Comments. This is a new state record of this species in Nevada.

Reference. Drews and Sampson 1956.

Figures

Figure 6. Aleuropleurocelus ceanothi (Sampson).