Aleurotrachelus maesae Takahashi

Dubey, Anil Kumar & Ko, Chiun-Cheng, 2010, Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and allied genera from Taiwan, Zootaxa 2685, pp. 1-29 : 5-7

Aleurotrachelus maesae Takahashi

( Figs 13–15 , 19– 21 , 74 )

Aleurotrachelus maesae Takahashi, 1935: 57 .

Material examined. Holotype, Taiwan, Miharashi, Taito, 1 puparium on Maesa formosana , 22.iii. 1934, R. Takahashi, TARI, Taiwan.

Other material: Taiw an: Inouyeonsen, 1 puparium, 18.vii. 1938, R. Takahashi ( TARI); Nantou, 4 puparia on 1 slide, on Leptospermum scoparium , 31.i. 1996, K. C. Chou ( NTU).

Host plants. Maesa formosana ( Takahashi, 1935) ; Leptospermum scoparium (new record). Distribution. Taiwan; China ( Young, 1944); Hong Kong (Takahashi, 1941). Remarks. This species was described from a single specimen.

Microscopic images of puparia. 7, A. anonae . 8, same, margin. 9, same, vasiform orifice. 10, A.

fissistigmae , puparium. 11, same, margin. 12, same, vasiform orifice.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 15. Holotype puparium. A. maesae (TARI). 13, dorsal and ventral views (digits 1 – 9 indicating the position of the submarginal setae). 14, margin. 15, posterior end of puparium and vasiform orifice.

FIGURES 19 – 24. Microscopic images of puparia. 19, A. maesae, holotype puparium. 20, same, margin. 21, same, vasiform orifice and caudal end of the puparium. 22, A. pyracanthae, puparium. 23, same, margin. 24, 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.