Cockerelliella SUNDARARAJ ET DAVID 1992
Creators: name: Dubey, A. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aleyrodidae
Cockerelliella

description: Key to the puparia of Indian species of Cockerelliella   
 1 Cephalic and caudal setae much longer than the eighth abdominal setae; cephalic setae reaching beyond cephalothoracic suture.................................................  C. setosus sp. n.    
– Cephalic and caudal setae minute, almost equal to the length of eighth abdominal setae; cephalic setae not reaching beyond cephalothoracic suture............................................ 2  
2 Ventral submargin differentiated from subventral area by a fold.................................... 3  
– Ventral submargin not differentiated from subventral area by a fold.............................. 5  
3 Dorsal and submarginal setae pointed; seven pairs of submarginal setae, 2 pairs on cephalothorax and five pairs on abdomen.................................................................................... 4  
 – Dorsal setae fimbriate, most of the submarginal setae fimbriate; ten pairs of submarginal setae, 5 pairs each on cephalothorax and abdomen, one abdominal pair pointed....................................................................................................... C. rotunda Regu et David, 1993   
 4 Subdorsum and submargin with papilla-like structures; a distinct row of crescent-shaped papilla-like structures extending from lateral of vasiform orifice to anterior end of cephalothorax absent.................................................. C. somnathensis Sundararaj, 2000   
 – Subdorsum and submargin without papilla-like structures; a distinct row of crescentshaped papilla-like structures extending from lateral of vasiform orifice to anterior end of cephalothorax present................................... C. dioscoreae Sundararaj et David, 1992   
5 Caudal furrow smooth..................................................................................................... 6  
– Caudal furrow with distinct polygonal markings or papillae like markings or tessellated.......................................................................................................................................... 7  
 6 Median pigmentation present on metathoracic and abdominal segment I; submedian papillae present; cephalothoracic tubercles absent..................................................................................................................................... C. quaintancei Sundararaj et David, 1992   
 – Median pigmentation absent on metathoracic and abdominal segment I; submedian papillae absent; 5 pairs of tubercles present on cephalothorax.......................................................................................................................  C. kudremukhensis  Sundararaj, 2007   
7 Subdorsum with three to seven pairs of enlarged tubercles............................................. 8  
– Subdorsum without tubercles........................................................................................ 10  
8. Dorsum without distinct granules; with a submedian row of papillae; subdorsum with papilla-like structures along the cephalothoracic suture at cephalic region..................... 9  
 – Dorsum with distinct granules; without a submedian row of papillae; subdorsum without papilla-like structures along the cephalothoracic suture at cephalic region.......................................................................................... C. dehradunensis (Jesudasan et David, 1991)   
 9 Vasiform orifice without lateral tubercles; median pigmentation absent on metathorax, abdominal segment I, VII and VIII; dorsum tessellated......................................................................................................................... C. meghalayensis Sundararaj et David, 1992   
 – Vasiform orifice with lateral tubercles; median pigmentation present on metathorax, abdominal segment I, VII and VIII; dorsum with polygonal papillae-like structures................................................................................  C. cinnamomi  Pushpa et Sundararaj, 2009   
10 Margin crenulated; caudal furrow with polygonal markings......................................... 11  
 – Margin smooth; caudal furrow tessellated.........  C. vijendrai  Pushpa et Sundararaj, 2009   
11 Puparium 0.75-0.93 mm long, a submedian row of papillae-like structures on dorsum present........................................................................................................................... 12  
 – Puparium 0.94-1.19 mm long; a submedian row of papillae-like structures on dorsum absent............................................................... C. zingiberae Sundararaj et David, 1992   
 12 Margin with 22-24 crenulations in 0.1 mm; submargin without papillae-like structures, with striations; dorsum tessellated........................... C. indica Sundararaj et David, 1992   
 – Margin with 13-15 crenulations in 0.1 mm; submargin with papillae-like structures, without striations; dorsum with numerous papillae-like structures............................................................................................................. C. splendens Meganathan et David, 1994
description: Published as part of Dubey, A. K., 2020, Description of a new species of the genus Cockerelliella Sundararaj et David, 1992 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the Little Andaman Island, India, pp. 1-8 in Far Eastern Entomologist 415 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.25221/fee.415.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7165638