Aleuropleurocelus, Drews and Sampson, 1956

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

Key to the Species of Aleuropleurocelus of Nevada (based on puparium)

1. Puparium boat shaped with a relatively wide deflexed margin; cauda protuberance developed 3

— Puparium oval shape with slight or narrow deflexed margin; caudal protuberance absent (Figure 7) ............................................................................................................................................... 2

2(1). Eyespot narrowed, slit-like ( Figure 7 ) ..................................... A. nevadensis Dooley sp. nov.

— Eyespot oval ....................................................................................... Aleuropleurocelus sp. #2

3(1). Transverse suture reaches lateral margin; median abdominal depressions not strongly sclerotized ........................................................................................................... A. ceanothi (Sampson)

— Transverse suture not reaching margin; median abdominal depressions strongly sclerotized .... .................................................................................................................. A. nigrans (Bemis)

Figures

Figure 7. Aleuropleurocelus nevadensis Dooley sp. nov.