Review of the genus Tetralicia (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and description of two new species of whiteflies found on avocado trees in Peru
Author
Valencia, Luis
Author
Evans, Gregory A.
Ph. D. Entomologist. USDA, APHIS-PPQ, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, BARC - West, Bldg. 003, Rm 324, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.
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26.
Tetralicia nigrans
(
Bemis, 1904
)
, comb. rev.
(
Fig. 6E
, USNM specimen)
Aleyrodes nigrans
Bemis, 1904: 522
.
Syntype
puparia.
USA
:
California
,
San Ramon Valley
,
Mount Diablo
,
on
Clematis ligustifolia
and many other plants; in USNM.
Tetraleurodes nigrans
(
Bemis, 1904
)
;
Quaintance & Baker (1914: 108)
.
Tetralicia nigrans
(
Bemis, 1904
)
;
Baker (1937: 281)
.
Aleuropleurocelus nigrans
(
Bemis, 1904
)
;
Drews & Sampson (1956: 281)
; Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores (2018: 618).
Distribution:
Nearctic
:
USA
(
Arizona
,
California
,
Nevada
);
Neotropical
:
El Salvador
[int],
Haiti
[int],
Mexico
.
Host:
Caprifoliaceae
:
Lonicera involucrata
,
Symphoricarpos racemosus
;
Ericaceae
:
Arbutus menziesii
,
Arctostaphylos manzanita
,
Arctostaphylos
sp.
;
Fagaceae
:
Quercus densiflora
;
Hydrophyllaceae
:
Eriodictyon californicum
;
Lamiaceae
:
Salvia
sp.
,
Lauraceae
:
Umbellularia californica
;
Ranunculaceae
:
Clematis ligusticifolia
;
Rhamnaceae
:
Ceanothus californicus
,
Rhamnus californica
;
Rosaceae
:
Heteromeles arbutifolia
,
Prunus ilicifolia
.
Comment: Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores (2018) reported this species from
Mexico
;
Dooley
et al
. (2010)
reported it from
Nevada
(
USA
).