Description of a new species of Aleuroparadoxus Quaintance and Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Guatemala

Authors

José Francisco García Ochaeta, Ministerio de Agricultura Ganadería y Alimentación, Petén, GuatemalaFollow
Anil Kumar Dubey, Zoological Survey of IndiaFollow

ORCID IDs

José Francisco García-Ochaeta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-7846

Anil Kumar Dubey https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0831-9780

Date of this Version

12-16-2022

Citation

García-Ochaeta JF, Dubey AK. 2022. Description of a new species of Aleuroparadoxus Quaintance and Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Guatemala. Insecta Mundi 0964: 1–9.

Comments

Published on December 16, 2022 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

Puparia of a new whitefly, Aleuroparadoxus marisae García-Ochaeta and Dubey, new species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), collected on leaves of Brosimum alicastrum Sw. in Santa Ana, Petén, Guatemala, and on Pimenta dioica (L). Merr. in Calzada Mopán, Dolores, Petén are described and illustrated. Drawings of morphological structures and differential diagnosis of the puparium are provided, and differences from congeners are discussed. A key to puparia of the Aleuroparadoxus Quaintance and Baker species is included.