Tetraleurodes sp.

Suh, Soo-Jung & Ji, Jungyoun, 2014, A Checklist of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Intercepted on Imported Plants in Korea 2005 - 2013, Insecta Mundi 2014 (354), pp. 1-14 : 6

Tetraleurodes sp. ( Figure 1H )

Korea Port Interception. Australia: 2 puparia, on Banksia sp. (Proteaceae) leaf, 17-iv-2010.

Diagnosis. Puparial margin covered with narrow wax secretion, also with fine waxy sculpturing delineating segmentation and folds. Dorsal disc separated from submarginal region by suture. Thoracic tracheal and caudal pores or notches absent. Rhachis present. Vasiform orifice subcordate.

Remarks. The specimens were carefully examined and Martin’s (1999) key to Australian Tetraleurodes was used. However, it was hard to determine the specific level. This species might be included in the 7 other Tetraleurodes spp. that were not described in his book.

Figures

Figure 1. Nine species of whiteflies. A) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), habitus. B) Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, habitus. C) Aleuroduplidens eucalyptifolia Martin, puparium. D) Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), habitus. E) Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, puparium. F) Aleurotrachelus sp., puparium. G) Tetraleurodes ursorum (Cockerell), puparium. H) Tetraleurodes sp., puparium. I) Xenaleyrodes eucalypti (Dumbleton), puparium.