Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Ji, Jungyoun, 2014, A Checklist of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Intercepted on Imported Plants in Korea 2005 - 2013, Insecta Mundi 2014 (354), pp. 1-14 : 2-4

Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance) ( Figure 1D )

Aleurodes marlatti Quaintance 1903 .

Korea Port Interceptions. Japan: 2 puparia, on Euonymus japonicus (Celastraceae) leaf, 21-iii-2008. Vietnam: 4 puparia, on Musa sp. (Musaceae) leaf, 6-ii-2013.

Diagnosis. Puparial margin covered with waxy secretion, also with fine waxy sculpturing delineating segmentation and folds. Dorsal disc separated from submarginal region by suture. Eyespots present. Thoracic and caudal tracheal combs present, three thoracic and three caudal tracheal teeth. Vasiform orifice surrounded by a trilobed figure. Abdominal segmentation distinct, rhachis present.

Hosts. Twenty eight plant families.

Distribution. AF: Chad. PA: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea. OR: China, Taiwan, Philippines, India, Malaysia, Vietnam (intercepted at Incheon International Airport, Korea). AU: Java.

Figures

Figure 1. Nine species of whiteflies. A) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), habitus. B) Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, habitus. C) Aleuroduplidens eucalyptifolia Martin, puparium. D) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), habitus. E) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium. F) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium. G) Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell), puparium. H) Tetraleurodes sp., puparium. I) Xenaleyrodes eucalypti (Dumbleton), puparium.