Aleurodicus nicaraguensis, Martin, 2008

Martin, Jon H., 2008, A revision of Aleurodicus Douglas (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae), with two new genera proposed for palaeotropical natives and an identification guide to world genera of Aleurodicinae, Zootaxa 1835 (1), pp. 1-100 : 37

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1835.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5127258

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397F771-CE02-FFDD-FF6B-C1C0FAECFA9C

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Felipe

scientific name

Aleurodicus nicaraguensis
status

sp. nov.

Aleurodicus nicaraguensis sp. nov.

(Fig. 47)

PUPARIUM. Habitus. Not noted. Margin. Outline broadly oval, 1.08–1.25 mm long, 0.81–0.93 mm wide, generally widest at abdominal segment II (n=8). Dorsum. Longitudinal moulting suture reaching puparial; transverse moulting sutures terminating in outer subdorsum. Abdominal segment VII much reduced medially, but pockets not reaching into segment VI. Vasiform orifice rounded-cordate, anterior margin poorly defined, situated on a shallow elevation; operculum trapezoidal, its posterior margin straight to faintly emarginate, bearing a pair of fine setae similar to eighth abdominal pair; lingula head tongue-shaped, densely covered by seta-like spinules, bearing the normal 4 stout setae, its apex almost reaching bases of caudal setae. Chaetotaxy. A pair of posterior marginal setae present, similar to 12 pairs of submarginal setae (including nominal caudal pair) whose bases are mesal to submarginal simple pores; single pairs of eighth abdominal and cephalic submedian setae present, both pairs about half length of submarginal setae but longer than submedian pairs of pro-, meso- and metathoracic setae. Pores. Cephalic compound pores slightly smaller than anterior 4 pairs of abdominal pairs, most of which are 60–75µ in outer diameter and with broad, dagger-like axial processes; small pairs of compound pores on abdominal segments VII and VIII are about 25µ in diameter. Submargin defined by a band of crowded wide-rimmed simple pores, mesal boundary of the band interdigitating with a single row of large double-rimmed septate pores 20–25 µ in outer diameter, their spacing a little uneven (Fig. 47), 23 on each side in holotype; remainder of dorsal disc very sparsely provided with extremely small septate pores. Venter. Ventral abdominal setae similar to eighth abdominal dorsal setae, underlying vasiform orifice. Legs typically robust and two-segmented, smooth, each with a pronounced apical claw. Antennae long, corrugate-sided, apically acute, apices extending to slightly beyond articulation of hind legs, bases anterolateral to fore legs. Tracheal folds absent.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype puparium, NICARAGUA, Rio San Juan / Rio Bartola confluence, on unidentified woody broadleaf host, 21.vi.2004 (J.H.Martin #8070) ( BMNH) . Paratypes: 6 puparia, 1 adult female, same data as holotype ( BMNH) ; 3 puparia, 1 adult male, same locality as holotype, on unidentified woody broadleaf host, 20.vi.2004 (Martin #8059) ( BMNH) .

ETYMOLOGY. This species is named for its country of collection, Nicaragua.

COMMENTS. The presence of very large double-rimmed septate pores in the submargin is most reminiscent of A. maritimus but possessing a broad submarginal band of wide-rimmed pores suggests possible closer affinities with other members of the capiangae / dugesii species-group, to which A. nicaraguensis belongs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Aleyrodidae

Genus

Aleurodicus

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