Aleurocanthus luteus Martin

Gillespie, Peter S., 2012, A review of the whitefly genus Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Australia, Zootaxa 3252, pp. 1-42 : 23

Aleurocanthus luteus Martin (Figs 42, 46–47)

Aleurocanthu s luteus Martin, 1985: 314 –315 Holotype puparium, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov. Lasanga Is. On Macaranga sp. 21.x.1979, J.H. Martin. (BMNH).

Distribution. Qld.

Hosts. EUPHORBIACEAE : Macaranga sp. ( PNG) ( Martin, 1985). LAMIACEAE : Clerodendrum sp. ( ANIC) Material examined. unknown host, Little Crystal Creek, Paluma, N. Qld, 8.vii.2005, P.S. Gillespie, 7 x puparia on 3 slides ( ASCT 00131978, ASCT 00131982, ASCT 00131985, ASCT 00132196-7)( DNA =WW0913-4)( ASCU), 1 x adult male slide ( ASCT 00131983), ~ 50 x puparia on dry leaf ( ASCT 00161784)( ASCU); Clerodendrum sp., Hinchinbrook island, Qld,. viii.1997, P. DeBarro, 5 x 3rd instar on one slide ( ANIC).

Comments. This species, described from New Guinea, is here reported from Australia for the first time. Readers are referred to Martin (1985) for a more detailed account of this species. Within the context of the known Australian fauna this species can be confused with no other. This pale species is quite elongate and the dorsum possesses many setae with a large number of dorsal setae which vary in length and the submargin also has groups of stout setae, some of which are characteristically clustered in groups of 3 or 4.