A review of the whitefly genus Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Australia
Author
Gillespie, Peter S.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3252
1
42
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.246421
9ede51ed-f2ab-419f-aead-dbaf1364e283
1175-5326
246421
Aleurocanthus luteus
Martin
(Figs 42, 46–47)
Aleurocanthu
s
luteus
Martin, 1985
: 314
–315
Holotype
puparium,
Papua New Guinea
, Morobe Prov. Lasanga Is. On
Macaranga
sp.
21.x.1979
, J.H. Martin. (BMNH).
Distribution.
Qld.
Hosts.
EUPHORBIACEAE
:
Macaranga
sp. (
PNG
) (
Martin, 1985
).
LAMIACEAE
:
Clerodendrum
sp. (
ANIC
)
Material examined.
unknown host, Little Crystal Creek, Paluma, N. Qld,
8.vii.2005
, P.S. Gillespie,
7 x
puparia on 3 slides (
ASCT
00131978,
ASCT
00131982,
ASCT
00131985,
ASCT
00132196-7)(
DNA
=WW0913-4)(
ASCU
),
1 x
adult male slide (
ASCT
00131983), ~
50 x
puparia on dry leaf (
ASCT
00161784)(
ASCU
);
Clerodendrum
sp., Hinchinbrook island, Qld,.
viii.1997
, P. DeBarro,
5 x
3rd instar on one slide (
ANIC
).
Comments.
This species, described from New
Guinea
, is here reported from
Australia
for the first time. Readers are referred to
Martin (1985)
for a more detailed account of this species. Within the context of the known Australian fauna this species can be confused with no other. This pale species is quite elongate and the dorsum possesses many setae with a large number of dorsal setae which vary in length and the submargin also has groups of stout setae, some of which are characteristically clustered in groups of 3 or 4.