Tetralicia abnormis ( Quaintance, 1900 ) Valencia & Evans, 2024

Valencia, Luis & Evans, Gregory A., 2024, Review of the genus Tetralicia (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and description of two new species of whiteflies found on avocado trees in Peru, Zootaxa 5403 (2), pp. 197-238 : 212

1. Tetralicia abnormis ( Quaintance, 1900) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 5A , USNM specimen)

Aleurodes abnormis Quaintance, 1900: 17 . Lectotype puparium (here designated), USA: Florida, various localities, 1897, A.L. Quaintance; in USNM.

Tetraleurodes abnormis (Quaintance) ; Quaintance & Baker 1914: 108.

Aleuropleurocelus abnormis (Quaintance) ; Martin 2005: 20: Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores 2018: 618.

Distribution: Nearctic: USA (Arizona, Florida, Texas); Neotropical: Colombia [int], Dominican Republic [int], El Salvador [int], Jamaica [int], Mexico, Peru [int]; Western Palearctic: Spain [int]; Indomalayan: Philippines [int].

Hosts: Anacardiaceae : Mangifera indica [int]; Aquifoliaceae : Ilex opaca ; Fagaceae : Quercus aquatica , Q. catesbaei , Q. laurifolia , Q. myrtifolia , Q. nigra , Q. stellata , Q. virens , Q. virginiana ; Lauraceae : Laurus nobilis [int], Persea americana , P. borbonia , P. carolinensis ; Magnoliaceae : Magnolia glauca ; Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus sp. [int]; Rutaceae : Citrus sp. [int].

Parasitoids: Aphelinidae : Encarsia sp. (new record).

Comment: Quaintance (1900) described this species from several individuals collected in various places in Florida. The USNM has 4 slides marked as being part of the type series having the Quaintance number (Q 4067). The slide that contains the lectotype includes 6 puparia, with the lectotype marked by two arrows pointing to it. The remaining 5 individuals are designated as paralectotypes, although 4 of them only show the ventral side of the puparium. A phytoseiid mite, Typhlodromips simplicissimus ( De Leon, 1959) is also present on the slide. The remaining three slides include 1 puparium (#Q4067), 1 adult female, and 1 adult male, respectively; the latter slide also has an adult female Encarsia species. Carapia–Ruiz et al. (2018c) reported this species from Mexico, provided a redescription and illustrations of the species and suggested that it may be a senior synonym of Aleuropleurocelus rotundus ( Baker, 1937) .

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FIGURE 5. Puparia of Tetralicia species. A) abnormis (Quaintance), B) acaudata (Drews & Sampson), C) anahuac (Carapia- Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), D) annonae (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), E) bidentata (Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz), F) caudata (Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz), G. ceanothi Sampson, H) chamaedoreaelegans (Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz), I) coachellensis (Drews & Sampson), J) eriogonum (Carapia-Ruiz), K) fourqueriasplendens (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), L) granulata Sampson & Drews, M) guazumae (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), N) guerrerensis (Carapia-Ruíz & Sánchez- Flores), O) hyptisemoryi (Gill), P) kobei (Sánchez-Flores & García-Ochaeta).