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 : 18-19

Bemisia afer sens lat. form D

( Figures 21, 23)

PUPARIUM. Habitus. The immature stages occur scattered on lower surfaces of leaves of host plants, without visible waxy secretions. Cuticle pale. Margin. Outline ovoid, 0.75mm long, 0.55mm wide, generally widest at metathorax. Margin undulate with thoracic tracheal openings not marked. In this form the multiple dorsal tubercles are much smoother than in form C, not lobulate. Chaetotaxy. All setae are hair-like and very long (0.1mm), as shown in Fig. 21.

Material examined: TENERIFE: Erjos, Barranco de las Moradas near Icod de los Vinos, Barranco de los Cochinos on Gesnouinia arborea , Phyllis nobla . LA GOMERA: El Cedro, Chorros de Epina on G. arborea . GRAN CANARIA: Barranco de Azuaje on Salix canariensis .