Aleurodicus coccolobae Quaintance & Baker

John H. Martin, 2004, Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Part 1 — introduction and account of the subfamily Aleurodicinae Quaintance & Baker, Zootaxa 681, pp. 1-86 : 21

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scientific name	Aleurodicus coccolobae Quaintance & Baker
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Aleurodicus coccolobae Quaintance & Baker, 1913: 46 –47. Syntypes, Mexico.

DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region — Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panamá.

COMMENTS. A. coccolobae is one of three species that form a natural grouping within Aleurodicus , their puparia lacking the more usual pair of small compound pores on each of abdominal segments VII & VIII, and with particularly dense provision of dorsal disc pores of four types. This small group was discussed in detail as part of the description of A. dispersus Russell (1965) .

References

Quaintance, A. L. & Baker, A. C. (1913) Classification of the Aleyrodidae Part I. Technical Series, US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology, 27, 1 - 93.

Russell, L. M. (1965) A new species of Aleurodicus Douglas and two close relatives (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Florida Entomologist, 48, 47 - 55.