A new species, Aleuropleurocelus sampsoni Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), from the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, is described. It was collected on the underside of Karwinskia humboldtiana (Roemer & Schultes) Zucc. (Rhamnaceae) leaves, a common plant known as “tullidora” because it is toxic and can induce severe neurological damage in humans and animals that consume fruits, in Ciudad Victoria and Llera, Tamaulipas, Mexico. A key to species of the ceanothi group of the genus Aleuropleurocelus is proposed. Microphotographs of morphological structures of pupariae are provided; differences with Aleuropleurocelus granulata (Sampson & Drews) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and other related species is discussed.
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10 July 2020
Description of Aleuropleurocelus sampsoni sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Tamaulipas, Mexico
Oscar Angel Sanchez-Flores,
Vicente Emilio Carapia-Ruiz,
Juana Maria Coronado-Blanco,
Enrique Ruíz-Cancino
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 103 • No. 2
June 2020
Vol. 103 • No. 2
June 2020
ceanothi group
Karwinskia humboldtiana
key
whiteflies