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<mods:title>Description of a new species of Aleuroclava Singh, 1931 (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) infesting Schima superba from China</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Wang, Ji-Rui</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="04C1701C-2884-588C-88C1-8724F5D287F8" authority="Wang" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleuroclava" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aleuroclava schimae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schimae" status="sp. nov.">Aleuroclava schimae Wang</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3–8" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 3 - 8. Habitus, developmental stages of A. schimae sp. nov., on S. superba. 3, 4 puparium, late stage 5 puparium, early stage 6 third instar 7 second instar 8 eggs." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.991.47725.figures3-8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/474326" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Figs 3-8</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–12" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 9 - 12. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs of A. schimae sp. nov. 9 puparium, dorsal view 10 margin 11 vasiform orifice and operculum 12 third instar nymph." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.991.47725.figures9-12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/474327" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">, 9-12</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 16–18" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 16 - 18. Aleuroclava schimae sp. nov., holotype puparium, China, Zhejiang. 16 puparium, dorsal (right) and ventral (left) views 17 margin 18 vasiform orifice." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.991.47725.figures16-18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/474329" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">, 16-18</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Type material.</paragraph>
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: China, Zhejiang, Zhejiang, 
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, Thousand Island Lake, 1 puparium on slide, on 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Schima superba</emphasis>
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, 6. vi. 2016, 
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, 
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, leg. JR Wang. Deposited in the Insect Collections of ZAFU, 
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, China. 
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: Fifty-six, of which 30 puparia on 21 slides, data same as for holotype; Gutianshan Nature Reserve, Zhejiang, Kaihua, 15 puparia on 12 slides, on 
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, 28.xiii.2018, 
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, 
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, leg. AQ Dai; Zhejiang, Jiangshan, Shuangxikou village, 11 puparia on 10 slides, 30. xiii. 2018, 
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, 
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, leg. AQ Dai. (SEM-CAS 1 paratype, ZAFU 55 paratypes and dry collection).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Figures 3-8.</emphasis>
Habitus, developmental stages of 
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sp. nov., on 
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. 
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puparium, late stage 
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puparium, early stage 
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third instar 
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second instar 
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eggs.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Description.</paragraph>
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(Fig. 
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). Fusiform; yellowish, gradually becoming dark brown over time; about 152 
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long, 69 
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wide, found deposited randomly on lower surface of leaves.
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.
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Covered by a thin layer of white wax (Fig. 
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); puparium in early stage white (Fig. 
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), gradually turns black (Figs 
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, 
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), about 926-1120 
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long, 763-832 
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wide; elliptical, broadest at the transverse molting suture region; posteriorly horizontal.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Figures 9-12.</emphasis>
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">A. schimae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. 
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puparium, dorsal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">10</emphasis>
margin 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">11</emphasis>
vasiform 
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and operculum 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">12</emphasis>
third instar nymph.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Margin</emphasis>
(Figs 
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, 
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, 
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). Crenulate, 0.1 mm wide, 23-28 crenulations. Paired anterior and posterior marginal setae 27 and 16 
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long, respectively. Thoracic tracheal pore area slightly recessed and emarginated at margin. 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Dorsum</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Almost flat, slightly raised on abdomen; without tubercles. Submargin demarcated from the dorsal disc by a faint line. Longitudinal moulting suture reaching anterior margin and the transverse moulting suture reaching submargin (Figs 
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, 
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). Thoracic and abdominal segment sutures well defined. Middle length of abdominal segment I 53 
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; segment II 47 
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; segments III-VI subequal, 37 
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; segment VII 28 
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long. Geminate pores present (Figs 
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, 
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, 
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). 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Cephalic, first, eighth abdominal and caudal setae 9, 13, 4 and 47 
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long, respectively. Eighth abdominal setae located below the base of 
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. Caudal furrow 68 
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long. 
<taxonomicName genus="Vasiform" lsidName="Vasiform orifice" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="species" species="orifice">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Vasiform orifice</emphasis>
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(Figs 
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, 
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, 
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). Cordate to subcircular, slightly longer than wide, 48 
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long, 44 
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wide, lateral margins rounded, basal ends being curved to meet basal margin; operculum cordate, 33 
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long, 29 
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wide, almost covering the 
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and obscuring the lingula. 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Venter</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Thoracic and caudal tracheal folds discernible (Fig. 
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). Ventral abdominal setae placed on anterior to vasiform 
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, 6 
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long, 49 
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apart. Antennae extending near the base of prolegs. 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Third instar nymph</emphasis>
(Figs 
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, 
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). Light yellow, body transparent, elliptical, about 720 
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long, 540 
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wide; eye spots obvious. 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Second instar nymph</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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): yellowish, elongate-elliptical, about 290 
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long, 170 
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wide; transparent wax secretion along the body margin, about 11 
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wide; eye spots red.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Figures 13-15.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleuroclava" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aleuroclava schimae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schimae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Aleuroclava schimae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, sp. nov., slide mounted specimen. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">13</emphasis>
puparium, dorsal view 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">14</emphasis>
margin 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">15</emphasis>
vasiform 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleuroclava" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="orifice" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="orifice">orifice</taxonomicName>
and operculum.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="121" type="host">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Host plant.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gardn &amp; Champ" authorityYear="1849" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Theaceae" genus="Schima" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Schima superba" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="superba">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Schima superba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Gardner &amp; Champ (
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, 
<taxonomicName family="Theaceae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="family">Theaceae</taxonomicName>
) (Figs 
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, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–2" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 2. Leaves of host plant Schima superba infested by A. schimae sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.991.47725.figures1-2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/474325" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="121" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">China: Zhejiang.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="121" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">
Puparia were found on the lower surface of leaves; 10-40 per leaf (Figs 
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- 
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); covered by a thin layer of white wax (Fig. 
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). Exuviae of previous instars were present. No parasitoids and ants were observed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="121" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">
The species is named after the host plant, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gardn &amp; Champ" authorityYear="1849" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Theaceae" genus="Schima" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Schima superba" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="superba">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Schima superba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="121" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">
Puparia of the new species are elliptical in outline, broad at the transverse moulting suture region, truncate posteriorly (Figs 
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, 
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, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–12" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 9 - 12. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs of A. schimae sp. nov. 9 puparium, dorsal view 10 margin 11 vasiform orifice and operculum 12 third instar nymph." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.991.47725.figures9-12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/474327" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">9</figureCitation>
, 
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, 
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), thoracic tracheal pores recessed, emarginated (Figs 
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, 
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, 
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), transverse moulting suture reaching submargin (Figs 
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, 
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), and vasiform 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Theaceae" genus="Schima" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="orifice" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="orifice">orifice</taxonomicName>
cordate to subcircular, slightly longer than wide.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.991.47725.figures16-18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/474329" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" start="Figures 16–18" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Figures 16-18.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleuroclava" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aleuroclava schimae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schimae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Aleuroclava schimae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., holotype puparium, China, Zhejiang. 
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puparium, dorsal (right) and ventral (left) views 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">17</emphasis>
margin 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">18</emphasis>
vasiform 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleuroclava" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="orifice" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="orifice">orifice</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicName genus="Puparium" lsidName="Puparium" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="genus">Puparium</taxonomicName>
of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. schimae" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="species" species="schimae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">A. schimae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. resembles that of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. tianmuensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="species" species="tianmuensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">A. tianmuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in body shape, size and colour, but differs in having horizontal posterior end (curved in 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. tianmuensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="species" species="tianmuensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">A. tianmuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and in lacking median tubercles on abdominal segments II-VI. It differs from 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Takahashi" baseAuthorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Aleyrodidae" genus="Aleuroclava" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aleuroclava similis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">Aleuroclava similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Takahashi) in colour of puparium, and from 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. trivandricus" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="species" species="trivandricus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">A. trivandricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Dubey &amp; Sundararaj in colour and thoracic tracheal pores not deeply inset at the margin. It also differs from 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. hikosanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="121" rank="species" species="hikosanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="121">A. hikosanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Takahashi) from the characteristic of the median area of each abdominal segment.
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