Aleurodicus guppyi Quaintance & Baker

Nomenclature : 

Aleurodicus guppyi  Quaintance & Baker, 1913: 59

Distribution: Neotropical: Trinidad [Quaintance & Baker, 1913: 59].

Host:  Clusiaceae:  Rheedia   latiflora [Quaintance & Baker, 1913: 59].

Taxonomy:  Margin not dentate.  Pupal case with 7 pairs of compound pores with the central processes of caudal two pairs subequale in size;  anterior abdominal compound pore about or less than 1/2 as wide as lingula.  Dorsal septate pores present;  submarginal double-rimmed pores absent;  thorax without a lateral row of close-set pores.

Natural Enemies: Unkown.

Related genera:  Similar to Aleurodicus pulvinatus (Maskell) with the anterior abdominal compound pore about or less than 1/2 as wide as lingula;  differs by the absence of a lateral row of close-set pores from pore band on thorax, whereas this lateral row on the thorax is present in pulvinatus.