Ceraleurodicus Hempel 1922
Creators: name: Canty, Roy J.
name: Martini, Biancamaria
name: Wanke, Dominic
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aleyrodidae
Ceraleurodicus

description: Key to puparia of species of Ceraleurodicus
1 Body asymmetrical or, if symmetrical, body elongate-oblong, tapering at posterior and anterior ends................... 2
- Body symmetrical and round to oval/elongate-oval........................................................... 5
2 (1) Body elongate-oblong or banana-shaped................................................................... 3
- Body broader and oval-shaped (Figs 2a, 3a). Well-developed side of dorsum with 4 subequal compound pores: 1 cephalothoracic and 1 on each of abdominal segments III, IV, and V; occasionally a smaller one also on VI (Figs 2a, 3a). Distribution: Guyana. Host(s) unknown..................................................................... boteh Canty sp. nov.
3 (2) Body banana-shaped (Fig. 7a) or elongate-oblong if symmetrical (Fig. 7b). Well-developed side of dorsum with 3–4 large, subequal compound pores (Fig. 7a): 1 cephalothoracic and 1 on each of abdominal segments III, IV; occasionally also on abdominal segment V; each compound pore encircled by a darkened and sclerotised ring and exuding a long, dark, robust axial process extending well beyond puparial margin (Fig. 7f). Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. On various hosts................................................................................ keris Martin
- Body banana-shaped only. Compound pores also found on abdominal segments VI or VII, but sometimes not on V; compound pores not encircled by a darkened and sclerotised ring and not exuding a long, dark, robust axial process................ 4
4 (3) Compound pores paired and subequal in size: 1 cephalothoracic pair and 1 pair on each of abdominal segments III, IV, and VII; final pair located posterior to VO, beside anterior edge of 9th pair of rays (Figs 4a, 5a). Furrow present along the 9th pair of rays, running from the pore to the puparial margin, which is slightly indented at this point (Fig 4e). Rays wide, more than 3 times as wide as the compound pores (Figs 4a, 5a). Distribution: Trinidad. On Citrus (Rutaceae) .... brianeno Canty sp. nov.
- Subequal compound pores present only on well-developed side: 1 cephalothoracic and 1 on each of abdominal segments III, IV, V, and VI (Fig. 10a). A smaller abdominal compound pore present on less-developed side, on abdominal segment VII, posterior and to the side of VO, on 9th ray, without furrow (Fig. 10f). Rays narrow, approximately 2–3 times as wide as the compound pores (Fig. 10a). Distribution: Brazil, Belize. On various hosts...................................... varus (Bondar)
5 (1) Abdomen with 0–1 pairs of compound pores, or pores unpaired................................................. 6
- Abdomen with 4–5 pairs of compound pores................................................................ 7
6 (5) Body ovoid (Fig. 6a). Cephalothoracic region without a medial dark spot. 1 pair of small compound pores towards anterior margin of abdominal segment III (Fig. 6a); anterior margins of pores associated with a group of small pores (Fig. 6b). Distribution: Brazil. On Nectandra (Lauraceae) .............................................. hempeli Costa Lima
- Body round (Fig. 1a). Cephalothoracic region with a medial dark spot between the two compound pores (Fig. 1a). Pair of small compound pores towards anterior margin of abdominal segment III absent; anterior margins of pores not associated with a group of small pores (Fig. 1a). Distribution: Brazil and Trinidad. On Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae) .... assymmetrus (Bondar)
7 (5) Body broadly ovoid (Fig. 9a). 6 pairs of large compound pores: 1 cephalothoracic pair and 1 pair on each of abdominal segments III, IV, V, VI, and VII (Fig. 9a). Distribution: Brazil. On Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae) ......... splendidus Hempel
- Body elongate-oval. Abdomen with 3–4 pairs of small compound pores, and 1 posterior-most pair reduced in size........ 8
8 (7) Body broader, approximately 1.4–1.5 times as long as wide (Fig. 8a). Dorsum with 8 pairs of lateral rays leading mesad from margin (Fig. 8a). 5 pairs of abdominal compound pores: 1 pair of large pores on each of abdominal segments III, IV, V, and VII; 1 pair of smaller compound pores on abdominal segment VII, on the 8th pair of rays, near the puparial margin (Fig. 8a). Distribution: Brazil. Host(s) unknown.......................................................... neivai (Bondar)
- Body more elongate, approximately 1.6–1.7 times as long as wide (Figs 11a, 12a). Dorsum with 9 pairs of lateral rays leading mesad from margin (Figs 11a, 12a). 4 pairs of abdominal compound pores: 1 pair of large pores on each of abdominal segments III, IV, and V; 1 pair of smaller pores on abdominal segment VII, on the posterior margin of the 9th pair of rays (Figs 11a, 12a). Distribution: Ecuador. On Cocos nucifera and Elaeis (Arecaceae) ............................... wire Canty sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Canty, Roy J., Martini, Biancamaria & Wanke, Dominic, 2023, Three new species of Neotropical Ceraleurodicus Hempel (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) found in the Natural History Museum (London) collection, with notes and a puparial key to species, pp. 313-338 in Zootaxa 5277 (2) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7889885