Aleuroplatus gelatinosus (Cockerell) 1898

Dooley Iii, John W., Lambrecht, Susan & Honda, Jeffrey, 2010, Eight new state records of aleyrodine whiteflies found in Clark County, Nevada and three newly described taxa (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Aleyrodinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (140), pp. 1-36 : 9

Aleuroplatus gelatinosus (Cockerell) 1898

Diagnosis. Puparium ( Figure 5 ): Habitus. Black in color, oval to subcircular with heavy to light waxy concentrations dorsally and well beyond margin; individuals solitary or sometimes found in clusters. Slide mounted specimen-Lateral margin. Tracheal area differentiated from rest of margin with an obvious fold and a bidentate tracheal cleft. Dorsum. Transverse molting suture curving upwards at the submargin. Vasiform orifice. Subcircular in outline with the margin thickened and lacks an inward projecting tooth on posterior margin. Operculum covers half the orifice obscuring the lingula. Venter. Legs unarmed (without spines) but with setae. Pores. Submarginal pores in multiple rows; dorsal pores scattered over the dorsal and submedial regions. Chaetotaxy. Cephalothoracic setae present with base of cephalic setae widened; A 1 setae absent; A 8 setae present longer than vasiform orifice.

Nevada distribution. Red Rock Canyon NCA: Pine Creek Canyon; Sandstone Quarry.

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Figure 5. Aleuroplatus gelatinosus (Cockerell).