Bemisia afer sens

Hernández-Suárez, Estrella, Martin, Jon H., Gill, Raymond J., Bedford, Ian D., Malumphy, Christopher P., Betancort, J. Alfredo Reyes & Carnero, Aurelio, 2012, 3212, Zootaxa 3212, pp. 1-76 : 18

Bemisia afer sens lat. form C

( Figures 19, 20, 59, 64, 69)

PUPARIUM. Habitus. The immature stages occur scattered under leaves of host plants, amongst the leaf hairs ( Fig. 59), without visible waxy secretions. Cuticle pale. Margin. Outline ovoid, 0.72mm long, 0.49mm wide, generally widest at metathorax. Margin undulate, with thoracic tracheal openings not marked, and deeply and irregularly emarginated because of leaf hairs. Most specimens somewhat elongated as compared to afer sens . lat., probably due to the many closely arranged leaf hairs of the host. This form is characterized by elongated dorsal setae and protuberances composed of multiple lobulate tubercles along the midline and the subdorsal arc ( Figs 64, 69). Specimens from Cistus tend to have fewer and smaller protuberances than those specimens from Echium ( Fig. 64). Chaetotaxy. Variable, with nine pairs of abdominal and from six to nine cephalothoracic pairs, most hair-like and very long (0.1mm).

Material examined: TENERIFE: Valle Guerra, Erjos, Barranco de las Moradas, Barranco Badajoz on Echium virescens , Cistus sp. LA GOMERA: El Cedro on Echium giganteum , Echium virescens ; Garajonay on Cistus sp. LA PALMA: Los Tilos on Echium pininana . GRAN CANARIA: Pinar de Tamadaba on Cistus ochreatus .