Trialeurodes Cockerell 1902
Creators: name: Dooley Iii, John W.
name: Lambrecht, Susan
name: Honda, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aleyrodidae
Trialeurodes

description: Key to the species of Trialeurodes found of Nevada (based on puparium)   
 1. Marginal crenulations narrow, 20 or more per 100μm; puparium light in color....................... 2   
 — Marginal crenulations wide, less than 20 per 100μm; puparium light to dark in color............. 4   
 2(1). Peg-like tooth at the posterior border of the vasiform orifice absent; each leg with a robust spine, the spine on T 2 leg slightly large.........................................................  T. packardi (Morrill)    
 — Peg-like tooth present or slight; T 2 spine absent......................................................................... 3   
 3(2). Puparium shape ovoid with posterior end narrowed; papillae conical and tips acute; posterior part of the vasiform orifice with a slight peg-like, median tooth or such tooth absent; A8 and caudal setae long with base strongly tuberculate........................................  T. eriodictyonis Russell    
 — Puparium shape elliptical and posterior end broad; papillae broadly conical and tips blunt; posterior part of the vasiform orifice with a strong peg-like, median tooth; A8 and caudal setae long or short but without tuberculate base............................................  T. abutiloneus (Haldeman)    
 4(1). Puparium dark brown to black in color...................................................................................... 5   
 — Puparium light in color............................................................................................................... 7   
 5(4) Submarginal papillae aligned closely together or in 2 to 3 irregular rows................................. 6   
 — Submarginal papillae in a single row and spaced well apart, not touching..................................................................................................................................  T. sp. #2 near notata Russell    
 6(5). Submarginal papillae aligned closely together; 3 pairs of median reniform papillae clusters (Figure 12)..............................................................................................................  T. corollis (Penny)    
 — Submarginal papillae in 2-3 irregular rows (Figure 14), clusters absent.  T. glacialis (Bemis)    
 7(4). Submarginal row of well-separated papillae less than 100; submedian papillae few in numbers or absent; median abdominal row of papillae absent..................  T. vaporariorum (Westwood)    
 — Submarginal single row of papillae adjacent or in 2-3 irregular rows; submedian papillae numerous; median abdominal row of papillae absent or present............................................................... 8   
 8(7). Submarginal single row of papillae adjacent, oriented toward the margin with more than 100 papillae; submedian papillae present and numerous; median abdominal row of tubercles present .................................................................................. T. pseudoblongifoliae Dooley sp. nov.   
 — Submarginal papillae in 2-3 irregular rows, clusters absent; submedian papillae of irregular shape present and numerous in groups; median abdominal row of papillae absent....................................................................................................................................  T. glacialis (Bemis)
description: Published as part of Dooley Iii, John W., Lambrecht, Susan & Honda, Jeffrey, 2010, Eight new state records of aleyrodine whiteflies found in Clark County, Nevada and three newly described taxa (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Aleyrodinae), pp. 1-36 in Insecta Mundi 2010 (140) on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5164926