Atracodes albus Levia & Bartlett 2025, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Levia, Nathaniel N.
name: Bartlett, Charles R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Flatidae
Atracodes
Atracodes albus

description: Atracodes albus (Caldwell, 1951), comb. nov.
(Fig. 16)
= Pseudoflatoides albus Caldwell & Martorell, 1951: 247
Type locality. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Synoptic diagnosis. Atracodes albus comb. nov. can be recognized from congeners by: covered in a waxy white to creamy white waxy pruinescence; head without dark lateral line near eye; hind tibia with 3 lateral teeth, apical spinulation 6(4+2)-7-2; phallothecal complex curving upward distally with three pairs of processes, one pair extending from apex, one stout pair extending from lateral margin near apex for about ½ the length of phallothecal complex, 1 pair extending near upcurve for length of phallothecal complex; anal tube in lateral view with ventral lobe on near mid length; apical margin of gonostyli nearly straight.
Plant associations. Inga vera Willd. (Fabaceae), Lantana sp. (Verbenaceae).
Distribution. Puerto Rico.
Material examined. HOLOTYPE: P.R.Acc.No. / Rio Piedras, P.R. / 11-16-[19]47 // Caldwell / Martorell / Collectors // Pseudoflat / HOLOTYPE / alba // JSCaldwell / Collection / 1959 // Pseudoflatoides / albus male / Holotype / Caldwell (USNM, male); ALLOTYPE: P.R.Acc.No. 12-43. / Rio Piedras, P.R. / May 1, 1943 // G.N.Wolcott / Coll. // Pseudoflat / ALLOTYPE / alba // Pseudoflatoides / albus / det 49 / JSCaldwell // USNMENT 01145568.
Other material examined. PUERTO RICO: / El Verde Forest / 7 Jul 1969 / R Bonilla, Coll / Light Trap // Pseudoflatoides / albus Caldwell / Det. J.A.Ramos // NCSU _ENT 00286735 (NCSU, male). PUERTO RICO: / El Verde Forest / 7 Jul 1969 / R Bonilla, Coll / Light Trap // Pseudoflatoides / albus Caldwell / Det. J.A.Ramos // NCSU _ENT 00286736 (NCSU, female). PUERTO RICO: / El Verde Forest / 7 Jul 1969 / R Bonilla, Coll / Light Trap // Pseudoflatoides / albus Caldwell / Det. J.A.Ramos // NCSU _ENT 00286740 (NCSU, male). Castaner, P.R. / May 23, 1956 / ON Inga vera / Coll. Mario Perez // Pseudoflatoides / albus Caldwell / Det. J.A. Ramos // UDCC _ TCN 00102974, 00103108 (NCSU, 1 male, 1 female). PR: Cayey; mountain / pasture; 31 Jul 1996 / 18 07 N x 66 10 W / T. J. Henry and / R. G. Wheeler, Jr. // on / Lantana / sp. // Pseudoflatoides / albus Caldwell & Martorell, 1951 / Det. NNLevia 2024 // USNMENT / 01145523 (USNM, female). PUERTO RICO / Luquillo Forest / I-4-1963, Paul & / Phylllis Spangler // El Yunque Biol. / Sta.MolinderoRoad / elevation 2.100’ / at black light // Pseudoflatoides / albus Caldwell & Martorell, 1951 / Det. NNLevia 2024 // UDCC _TCN 00102962–00102965 (USNM, 2 male, 2 female). PUERTO RICO / Caribbean Nat. For / El Verde Field Sta. / Dec. 4, 1968 // J. Macdonald C. / Coll. 1996 // Pseudoflatoides / albus Caldwell & Martorell, 1951 // Det. NNLevia 2024 // UDCC _TCN 00103116 (NCSU, male).
description: Published as part of Levia, Nathaniel N. & Bartlett, Charles R., 2025, A review of the genera Atracodes Melichar and Pseudoflatoides Metcalf (Hemiptera: Flatidae: Flatoidinae) from the Caribbean region, pp. 231-255 in Zootaxa 5590 (2) on page 248, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/14953032