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Martin
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(
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, 33, 121)
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<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE02FFDDFF6BC77DFEF1F981" box="[151,353,1578,1601]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Aleurodicus niveus</emphasis>
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puparium,
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[BMNH, examined].
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DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE02FFDDFD2BC725FCB1F94C" box="[727,801,1650,1676]" name="Brazil" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Brazil</collectingCountry>
,
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE02FFDDFC35C725FBDBF94C" box="[969,1099,1650,1676]" name="Guatemala" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Guatemala</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE02FFDDFBA4C725FB5DF94C" box="[1112,1229,1650,1676]" name="Honduras" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Honduras</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE02FFDDFB26C725FAA6F94C" box="[1242,1334,1650,1676]" name="Mexico" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Mexico</collectingCountry>
,
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,
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(including Canal Zone),
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see discussion, below.
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MATERIAL EXAMINED.
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puparium,
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, CFR, Las Cuevas forest, on
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<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE02FFDDFB40C794FA0CF91C" box="[1212,1436,1731,1756]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Encyclia cochleata</emphasis>
(Orchidaceae)
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,
<date id="FF8060A7CE02FFDDFEB7C7BDFE5BF8C4" box="[331,459,1770,1796]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="2004-06-04">04.vi.2004</date>
, (J. H. Martin #7986) (
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).
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: 17 puparia (7 dry on leaf), same data as
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(
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,
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). Non-type material: 1 puparium,
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE02FFDDFCABC645FB95F8EC" box="[855,1029,1810,1836]" name="Venezuela" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">VENEZUELA</collectingCountry>
(intercepted at Miami,
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), on
<taxonomicName id="4C3E3DE4CE02FFDDFF6BC66CFEA4F894" box="[151,308,1850,1876]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Oncidium" kingdom="Fungi" order="Asparagales" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE02FFDDFF6BC66CFE9AF894" box="[151,266,1851,1876]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Oncidium</emphasis>
sp.
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,
<date id="FF8060A7CE02FFDDFEBCC66DFE2BF894" box="[320,443,1850,1876]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="1981-04-14">14.iv.1981</date>
(
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); 3 puparia,
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(intercepted at
<collectingRegion id="49FA8885CE02FFDDFC2FC66DFB01F894" box="[979,1169,1850,1876]" country="United States of America" name="District of Columbia" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Washington DC</collectingRegion>
,
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), on
<taxonomicName id="4C3E3DE4CE02FFDDFAD4C66CFF2AF8BC" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="Oncidium" kingdom="Fungi" order="Asparagales" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE02FFDDFAD4C66CFA0BF894" box="[1320,1435,1851,1876]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Oncidium</emphasis>
sp.
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,
<date id="FF8060A7CE02FFDDFF36C635FED5F8BC" box="[202,325,1890,1916]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="1938-04-14">14.iv.1938</date>
(
<collectionCode id="ED2FDEA2CE02FFDDFEA5C635FE24F8BC" box="[345,436,1890,1916]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
); numerous specimens from orchids, intercepted in
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE02FFDDFBD5C635FBE9F8BC" box="[1065,1145,1890,1916]" name="United States of America" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
from Central American countries (see below) (
<collectionCode id="ED2FDEA2CE02FFDDFE5CC6DDFE6DF864" box="[416,509,1930,1956]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">BMNH</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED2FDEA2CE02FFDDFDF5C6DDFDF3F864" box="[521,611,1930,1956]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
).
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COMMENTS. This species was described from a single colony, a group of puparia under one leaf of their epiphytic orchid host in secondary rainforest in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE02FFDDFBAEC68DFB31F834" box="[1106,1185,2010,2036]" name="Belize" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Belize</collectingCountry>
: a colour photograph
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B814667CE03FFDCFF6BC1CFFB48FEEA" blockId="37.[151,1436,152,938]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
of this colony (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF3B96CE03FFDCFEBAC1CFFD8BFF72" author="Martin, J. H." box="[326,539,152,178]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" pagination="1 - 119" refId="ref44057" refString="Martin, J. H. (2004) The whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 1 - introduction and account of the subfamily Aleurodicinae Quaintance &amp; Baker. Zootaxa, 681, 1 - 119." type="journal article" year="2004">Martin, 2004: 119</bibRefCitation>
) is reproduced here, fig. 121). Most individuals of the
<typeStatus id="5485F8C5CE03FFDCFB66C1CFFB5CFF72" box="[1178,1228,152,178]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">type</typeStatus>
sample proved to be parasitised, but five undamaged specimens were preserved in alcohol as soon as this became evident: three of these show no evident signs of parasitism under high magnification, and it is thought unlikely that the habitus appearance of the colony was affected by the development of parasitoids (but see below).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B814667CE03FFDCFF3AC06FFBBAFE62" blockId="37.[151,1436,152,938]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
The features of the vasiform orifice, operculum and lingula (Fig. 33) are highly characteristic, with the very large operculum and acute, often bifid, apical lingular process of particular note. In other characters,
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<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE03FFDCFA7FC037FF72FE61" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">A. niveus</emphasis>
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most closely resembles
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<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE03FFDCFDFCC0DFFD4BFE61" box="[512,731,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">A. rugioperculatus</emphasis>
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, also described from
<collectingCountry id="F32906F7CE03FFDCFC2BC0DFFBB6FE62" box="[983,1062,392,418]" name="Belize" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Belize</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
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Only the small
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sample was known to the author at the time of its description. However, much unnamed slide-mounted aleurodicine material was made available for the present study, through the kindness of USNM. Amongst this material were numerous slides that had been categorised as “species 1” (120 slides +) or “species 2” (250 slides +) of a “new genus close to
<taxonomicName id="4C3E3DE4CE03FFDCFCF9C37FFC01FD81" authorityName="Martin" authorityYear="2008" box="[773,913,552,577]" class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleurodicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE03FFDCFCF9C37FFC01FD81" box="[773,913,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Aleurodicus</emphasis>
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”. All of these slides represented quarantine interceptions at
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ports, and almost all had been taken from the foliage of orchids imported into the
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from Central American countries. Although displaying a degree of variability, particularly in overall puparial size, apparent degree of development of axial processes in the compound pores, and presence / absence of small compound pores on abdominal segment VIII, all of this material has been here determined as
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<emphasis id="B94A9A75CE03FFDCFAD5C39FFA05FD21" box="[1321,1429,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">A. niveus</emphasis>
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, which may be either a somewhat variable species or a species-complex. The original, pencilled assignment to “species 1” or “species 2” has been left visible on each slide, to aid any future investigation of the nature of variation in this species or species-group.
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<paragraph id="8B814667CE03FFDCFF3AC23FFC14FC6A" blockId="37.[151,1436,152,938]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Listing the examined quarantine-intercepted material in full has not been practical, with so many samples involved, and only the countries of distribution are listed above.</paragraph>
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