Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin and Aguiar

Lee, Suhyeon & Suh, Soo-Jung, 2022, Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) intercepted on plant product imported to South Korea from 2013 - 2021, Insecta Mundi 2022 (947), pp. 1-17 : 10

19. Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin and Aguiar ( Fig. 23 )

Diagnosis. Puparium pale, elongate-oval. Margin evenly crenate. Dorsal disc with a pair of distinct longitudinal folds leads from lateral to cephalic setae to abdominal segment V; submedian dorsum of meso- and metathorax with scalloped longitudinal folds, distribution of geminate pore, porettes and thick-rimmed pores. Longitudinal moulting suture slightly crimped in appearance. Vasiform orifice elevated, subcircular, defining a caudal furrow; caudal fold slightly marked by very fine stippling, posterior to vasiform orifice.

Korean quarantine notes. This species was described from Madeira (Western Palaearctic region) and was intercepted five times from Indonesia on Philodendron sp. and Syngonium variegata (Araceae) . It is not known to occur in South Korea ( Lee 2019).

Figures

Figures 19–27. Eight species of whiteflies. 19–20) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium and abdomen detail of the vasiform orifice.21) Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), puparium. 22) Cockerelliella psidii (Corbett), puparium. 23) Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin and Aguiar, puparium. 24) Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead), puparium. 25) Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky), puparium. 26) Dialeuropora decempuncta (Quaintance and Baker), puparium. 27) Massilieurodes sp., puparium.