Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) 1889

Dooley Iii, John W., Lambrecht, Susan & Honda, Jeffrey, 2010, Eight new state records of aleyrodine whiteflies found in Clark County, Nevada and three newly described taxa (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Aleyrodinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (140), pp. 1-36 : 15

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) 1889

Diagnosis. Puparium: Habitus. Ovoid and usually pale to yellow with little to no wax visible. Slide mounted specimen-Lateral margin. Smooth to crenulate with faint tracheal cleft. Dorsum. Longitudinal subdorsal folds or furrows absent. Thoracic tracheal furrows moderately developed from marginal tracheal cleft extending at most half way to spiracle; caudal furrow well developed extending from the vasiform orifice to the caudal marginal cleft. Papillae present or absent. Vasiform orifice. Acute-triangular in shape terminating into a pronounced caudal furrow (shorter than orifice); operculum occupying anterior half of orifice exposing the inserted, elongated, lanceolate, and spinulose lingula. Venter. Antennae terminate at the T 1 pair of legs; base of legs with minute setae but without large spines. Tracheal furrow well developed and stippled. Pores. Pores and porettes distributed on the dorsum. Chaetotaxy. Caudal setae long and robust on tubercles. Dorsal setae highly variable, short to long, with acute apices.

Nevada distribution. Las Vegas (Clark County).