Acanthaleyrodes elevatus sp. n. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from India, with key to species and discussion of tuberculate setae Author Dubey, Anil Kumar Author Singh, Sudhir Author Martin, Jon H. text Zootaxa 2014 3881 1 33 48 journal article 36767 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.1.3 e783e3da-3045-49ae-9bb8-8f64fed67863 1175-5326 287386 A511E3C9-AB4E-46A3-A16E-8B420D79CD2F Acanthaleyrodes Tak ahashi Acanthaleyrodes Takahashi, 1931 : 220 . Type species: Acanthaleyrodes callicarpae Takahashi , by monotypy. Diagnosis (redefined): Puparium pale or brown, oval or elliptical, without secretion of wax, submarginal area not separated from dorsal disc, subdorsal area with wavy corrugations. Margin crenulate, usually modified at tracheal pore openings; submargin with many lines. Dorsum with long tuberculate setae; cephalic, first abdominal, eighth abdominal, caudal setae, anterior and posterior marginal setae and ventral abdominal setae present. Longitudinal moulting suture reaching margin and transverse moulting suture reaching submedian area. Median tubercles present or absent. Submedian papillae along the segment sutures may be present. Vasiform orifice subcordate, placed on an elevated protuberance. Operculum nearly filling the orifice, tip of lingula exposed. Thoracic tracheal furrows absent. Caudal furrow indistinct ( Fig. 7 ) or present ( Figs 27 & 44 ). Median length of abdominal segment VII shorter than VI. Geminate pores present. Caudal and thoracic tracheal folds present, filled with stipples. Spiracles present. Remarks : The puparia of Acanthaleyrodes superficially resemble those of Tuberaleyrodes Takahashi in having tuberculate setae and the placement of the dorsal setae on the elevated cuticle. During development the dorsal cuticle at the point of insertion of the dorsal setae which are fixed on elevated sockets, gradually tapers towards the apex and forms “tuberculate setae” ( Fig. 10 ). Acanthaleyrodes is similar to Tuberaleyrodes but differs in having the vasiform orifice placed on a prominent protuberance. Sometimes this elevation is longer than the distance between the base of orifice and the puparial caudal margin ( Figs 1 , 8 , 23, 24 ), and the caudal furrow does not connect the posterior end of the orifice and the puparial caudal margin. In Tuberaleyrodes , the vasiform orifice is not placed on elevated protuberance, and the caudal furrow connects the posterior end of orifice with the puparial caudal opening. Possibly that was the reason for Martin & Mound (2007) to transfer Dialeurodes spiniferosa Corbett to Tuberaleyrodes , this species having been placed earlier in Acanthaleyrodes by Mound & Halsey (1978) .