Metaleurodicus griseus (Dozier)

John H. Martin, 2004, Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Part 1 — introduction and account of the subfamily Aleurodicinae Quaintance & Baker, Zootaxa 681, pp. 1-86 : 49

Metaleurodicus griseus (Dozier)

( Figs 26, 94)

Aleurodicus griseus Dozier, 1936: 143 –144. Syntypes, Puerto Rico [examined]. Metaleurodicus griseus (Dozier) Hamon, 1989: 2 .

DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region — Belize, Barbados, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Nearctic Region — Florida.

COMMENTS. M. griseus is represented from Belize by a single parasitised puparium, collected from the upper midrib of an undetermined woody sapling host. Figs 26, 94 depict a complete puparium, in good condition, from Dade County, Florida, U.S. A.. Major characters are 6 pairs of abdominal compound pores, the lingula fully included within the vasiform orifice, with a pair of basal lingular shoulders, with loculate pores scattered across the dorsal disc, and with the compound pores on posterior abdominal segments presenting axially to the viewer – see key to Belize species of Metaleurodicus , above.