Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida

 

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Article

Date of this Version

1-26-2018

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0606: 1–13

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Published in 2018 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Abstract

Resumen. En este estudio se describen dos nuevas especies de hemípteros del género Aleuropleurocelus (He­miptera: Aleyrodidae): Aleuropleurocelus mexicanus Carapia y Sánchez sp. nov., encontrada en los estados de Coahuila, México, Puebla, Sonora, y Tlaxcala en hojas de Quercus agrifolia Née y Quercus sp., y Aleuropleurocelus anahuac Carapia y Sánchez sp. nov. encontrada en los estados de México, Morelos y Puebla en el envés de hojas de Quercus. Se proporcionan microfotografías de estructuras morfológicas de puparios y se discute la separación con otras especies ovales de Aleuropleurocelus.

Abstract. In this study two new hemipteran species of the genus Aleuropleurocelus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are described: Aleuropleurocelus mexicanus sp. nov. Carapia and Sánchez, found in the states of Coahuila, Mexico, Puebla, Sonora and Tlaxcala on leaves of Quercus agrifolia Née and Quercus sp., and Aleuropleurocelus anahuac sp. nov. Carapia and Sánchez, found in the states of Mexico, Morelos and Puebla on the underside of Quercus leaves. Microphotographs of morphological structures of the puparia are provided and separation from other oval-shaped species of Aleuropleurocelus is discussed.

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