Aleuroplatus bossi Takahashi, 1936

Lee, Suhyeon & Suh, Soo-Jung, 2022, Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) intercepted on plant product imported to South Korea from 2013 - 2021, Insecta Mundi 2022 (947), pp. 1-17 : 8

14. Aleuroplatus bossi Takahashi ( Fig. 16–17 )

Diagnosis. Puparium black. Margin toothed. Constricted near the transverse moulting suture, transverse moulting suture almost reaching margin. Eyespots present. Dorsal surface with paired row of simple pores. Vasiform orifice elevated, large, distance to posterior margin of puparium less than its length. Operculum filling vasiform orifice, concealing lingula tip.

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from South Africa (Afrotropical region) and was intercepted twice from South Africa on Paranomus reflexus (Proteaceae) . It is not known to occur in South Korea ( Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 10–18. Eight species of whiteflies.10) Aleuroclava jasmini (Takahashi), puparium.11) Aleuroclava neolitseae (Takahashi), puparium. 12) Aleuroclava similis (Takahashi), puparium. 13) Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, puparium. 14) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), puparium. 15) Aleuroplatus alcocki (Peal), puparium. 16–17) Aleuroplatus bossi Takahashi, puparium and vasiform orifice. 18) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium.