Crenidorsum micheliae (Takahashi)

Dubey, Anil Kumar & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2010, Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and allied genera from Taiwan, Zootaxa 2685, pp. 1-29 : 23-25

Crenidorsum micheliae (Takahashi)

( Figs 60–62 , 67–69 , 79 )

Aleurotrachelus micheliae Takahashi, 1932: 43 –44.

Crenidorsum micheliae (Takahashi) Martin et al., 2001: 2 .

Material examined: Lectotype puparium (here designated) and paralectotypes: Taiwan, Theito, 33 puparia on 2 slides, on Michelia sp., 16.xi.1930, R. Takahashi, TARI, Taiwan.

Other material. Taiwan: Theito, 12 puparia, on Michelia sp., 29.v.1932, R. Takahashi ( TARI); Beitou, 3 puparia on 2 slides, on Machilus zuihoiensis , 14.xii.2008, A. K. Dubey; Chihnankung, 3 puparia on 3 slides, on Trochodendron aralioides , 25.x.1992, C. C. Ko; Chiayi, 33 puparia on 11 slides, on Osmanthus fragrans , xi.1991, Y. C. Chang; 2 puparia on 2 slides, on Symplocos theophrastifolia , 27.xii.1995, K. C. Chou; 7 puparia on 7 slides, on Begonia grandis , 24.xii.1985, C. C. Ko; Taipei, 2 puparia on 2 slides, on Diospyros kaki , 19.ii.1995, K. C. Chou; Ilan, 2 puparia on slides, on Tricalysia dubia , 16.vi.1996, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium on Helicia formosana , 17.vi.1994, K. C. Chou; Nantou, 3 puparia on 3 slides, on Smilax china , 22.iv.1995, K. C. Chou; 3 puparia on 3 slides, on Pueraria montana , 24.vi.1994, K. C. Chou; 2 puparia on 2 slides, on Diospyros eriantha , 6.ix.1995, K. C. Chou; 2 puparia on Acalypha wilkesiana , 5.v.1996, K. C. Chou; 1 puparium on Helicia formosana , 12.vii.1995, K. C. Chou; 2 puparia on 2 slides, on Ardisia dentata, 2.v.1994, K. C. Chou; 3 puparia on Cinnamomum camphora , 5.x.1993, C. C. Ko; Wufeng, 33 puparia on 29 slides, on Osmanthus sp., 12.viii.1985, C. C. Ko; Wulai, 2 puparia on Smilax lanceifolia , 5.ii.2009, A. K. Dubey ( NTU).

Host plants. Michelia sp. ( Takahashi, 1932), Begonia taiwanensis ( Evans, 2007) ; Acalypha wilkesiana, Ardisia dentata, Begonia grandis , Cinnamomum camphora , Diospyros eriantha , Diospyros kaki , Helicia formosana , Machilus zuihoiensis , Osmanthus fragrans , Osmanthus sp., Pueraria montana , Smilax china , Smilax lanceifolia , Symplocos theophrastifolia , Tricalysia dubia , Trochodendron aralioides (new records). Distribution. China ( Young, 1944) ; Taiwan.

Remarks. The lectotype puparium of this species is among the 11 former syntypes mounted on one slide. It is top second puparium on the right side of the slide, and marked by a circle ( Fig. 79 ).

Figures

FIGURES 60 – 62. Lectotype puparium (TARI). Cr. micheliae. 60, dorsal view (digits 1 – 6 indicating the position of the submarginal setae). 61, margin. 62, vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 67 – 72. Microscopic images of puparia. 67, Cr. micheliae, puparium. 68, same, margin. 69, same, vasiform orifice. 70, Cr. turpiniae, puparium and dorsal pore. 71, same, submedian area of thorax. 72, same, vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 73 – 80. Type slides. 73, lectotype & paralectotypes, A. fissistigmae. 74, holotype, A. maesae. 75, lectotype & paralectotypes, A. pyracanthae. 76, lectotype & paralectotypes, Co. rubi. 77, neotype, Co. taiwanus. 78, lectotype & paralectotypes, Cr. elatostemae. 79, lectotype & paralectotypes, Cr. micheliae. 80, lectotype & paralectotypes, Cr. turpiniae.