Aleurodicus neglectus Quaintance & Baker
Nomenclature :
Aleurodicus neglectus Quaintance & Baker, 1913: 63-65.
Aleurodicus flumineus Hempel, A. 1918: 211-214 [Hempel, 1923: 61]
Distribution: Neotropical: Barbados [NHM, London], Brazil [Quaintance. & Baker, 1913: 64][S.E.L.], Colombia [S.E.L.], Costa Rica [S.E.L.]; Guyana , Trinidad & Tobago [CPC, 2003][Schotman, 1989][Quaintance. & Baker, 1913: 64][S.E.L.].
Host:
Annonaceae: Annona
reticulata [Quaintance.
& Baker, 1913: 64] , Annona squamosa
[Quaintance.
& Baker, 1913: 64][NHM, London];
Arecaceae: Cocos nucifera
[Quaintance.
& Baker, 1913: 64][NHM,
London]; Cecropiaceae: Cecropia concolor [Costa
Taxonomy: Margin not dentate. Pupal case has 7 pairs of compound pores with the caudal 2 abdominal compound pores smaller than the anterior abdominal ones; anterior 4 abdominal pairs of compound pores wider than lingula. Dorsal septate pores present; double-rimmed pores present in a single, irregular row closer to the margin than compound pores; wide-rimmed pores minute; septate pores numerous in transverse segmental bands.
Natural Enemies: Scymninae, sp. of (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae).
Related genera: Similar to Aleurodicus magnificus Costa Lima with both having the diameter of the anterior 4 pairs of abdominal compound pores wider than lingula; wide-rimmed pores minute; and, septate pores numerous in transverse segmental bands. Separated by having a double-rimmed pores present in a single, irregular row closer to the margin than compound pores. Separated from Aleurodicus dugesii Cockerell characterized by the lingula wider than the 4 pair of anterior abdominal compound pores and with double-rimmed pores closer to the compound pores than the margin.