Aleuroclava pearlis (Pushpa and Sundararaj) Dubey, 2020

Dubey, Anil Kumar, 2020, Revision of the genus Minutaleyrodes Jesudasan and David (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Little Andaman Island, India, Zootaxa 4748 (2), pp. 315-333 : 327-330

Aleuroclava pearlis (Pushpa and Sundararaj) comb. nov.

( Figs 44–51 )

Minutaleyrodes pearlis Pushpa and Sundararaj, 2010: 47–48 .

Material examined: Minutaleyrodes pearlis Pushpa and Sundararaj : Holotype, India, Karnataka, Srinkeri , on Syzygium sp., 14.vi.2007, R. Pushpa ( NFIC-FRI # 21874 ).

Hosts. Myrtaceae : Syzygium sp. ( Pushpa and Sundararaj, 2010).

Distribution. India: Karnataka ( Pushpa and Sundararaj, 2010).

Remarks. Presence of the first abdominal setae ( Fig. 45 ), prominent median tubercles on the abdominal segments, emarginated tracheal pores and puparial shape similar to A. hikosanensis and A. trachelospermi agree with the genus characters of Aleuroclava , and Aleuroclava pearlis (Pushpa and Sundararaj) comb. nov. is proposed for Minutaleyrodes pearlis Pushpa and Sundararaj. Aleuroclava pearlis (Pushpa and Sundararaj) comb. nov. has a ventral submarginal fold, and although this is not a genus character for Aleuroclava , several species currently placed in Aleuroclava have a ventral submarginal fold.

Figures

FIGURES 44–51. Aleuroclava pearlis (Pushpa and Sundararaj) comb. nov., holotype, 44, puparium, dorsal and ventral views; 45, first abdominal seta; 46, cephalothorax; 47, thoracic tracheal pore area; 48, margin and submargin; 49, abdominal median tubercles; 50, abdominal segment sutures; 51, vasiform orifice and caudal furrow. (CES—cephalic seta, FAS—first abdominal seta).