An Analysis of the Genus Aleyrodes Latreille (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) in California, with Three Synonymies

Authors

Natalia von Ellenrieder, California Department of Food and AgricultureFollow
Raymond J. Gill, California Department of Food and AgricultureFollow

ORCID IDs

von Ellenrieder 0000-0002-1159-2019

Gill 0009-0005-9047-2742

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

7-26-2024

Citation

Insecta Mundi (July 26, 2024) 1062

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EE1FB0AE-45B7-40D6-8B6F-4B2509A08FDC

Received April 8, 2024; accepted May 23, 2024

Review editor Aline Barcellos

Comments

Open access

Abstract

Abstract

Based on the examination of an extensive series of specimens and available type material, three out of the six species of Aleyrodes Latreille (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) described from California, A. diasemus Bemis, 1904, A. essigi Penny, 1922, and A. osmaroniae Sampson, 1945, are newly synonymized under A. spiraeoides Quaintance, 1900. The species of Aleyrodes reported from California are keyed and diagnosed based on characters from puparia and male genitalia, and character variability is documented and illustrated.

Resumen

Basado en el examen de una extensa serie de especímenes y material tipo disponible, tres de las seis especies de Aleyrodes Latreille (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) descritas de California, A. diasemus Bemis, 1904, A. essigi Penny, 1922 y A. osmaroniae Sampson, 1945, son aquí sinonimizadas con A. spiraeoides Quaintance, 1900. Las especies de Aleyrodes registradas de California son incluidas en una clave y diagnosticadas basándose en caracteres de puparia y genitalia del macho, y la variabilidad de los caracteres es documentada e ilustrada.