A revision of Aleurodicus Douglas (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae), with two new genera proposed for palaeotropical natives and an identification guide to world genera of Aleurodicinae
Author
Martin, Jon H.
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-07-30
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1835.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1835.1.1
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Aleurodicus vinculus
Martin
(Figs 11, 30, 31)
Aleurodicus vinculus
Martin, 2004: 30
.
Holotype
puparium,
Belize
[BMNH, examined.]
DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region –
Belize
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Type
material as detailed in description,
Belize
(
BMNH
)
.
COMMENTS. Only a single sample comprising three puparia, and a further single specimen, are known, and these were initially tentatively identified as a variant of
A. trinidadensis
Quaintance & Baker. In
comparison with study material of
A. trinidadensis
from
Trinidad
, the Belizean specimens have a much greater number of small septate pores on the dorsal disc, these arranged in distinct chain-like rows across the submedian areas of the cephalothorax and abdominal segments II-VIII; on the meso- and metathorax, there are two such chains of pores (Fig. 30). Without more study samples, the degree of variation in
A. trinidadensis
is uncertain, but
A. vinculus
is here considered to be distinct, defined by these chains of septate pores, and the species is a member of the
capiangae
/
dugesii
species-group.