Aleuronudus acapulcensis (Sampson & Drews)  

Nomenclature:  [Sampson  &  Drews,1941: 155-156]:  

Aleuronudus acapulcensis (Sampson & Drews) comb. nov.[Martin 2004 Zootaxa: 32]

Pseudaleuronudus acapulcensis (Sampson & Drews).

Taxonomy [Martin 2004 Zootaxa 32][Sampson & Drews 1941:

Compound pores consist of two sizes (all without obvious central processes):

• Cephalic & 3 anterior abdominal compound pores saucer-shaped and subequal in size .

• 3 posterior abdominal compound pores bell-shaped & reduced in size with the 4th abdominal pore offset (somewhat adjacent to the last larger abdominal compound pore.

Cephalic submedian setae absent.

Lingula exserted.

Distribution: Nearctic: Mexico [S.E.L.];  Neotropical:  Belize [Martin 2004 Zootaxa 32],  Panama [Martin 2004 Zootaxa 32].

Host: indet Family/Genus; Rutaceae: Citrus [Martin 2004 Zootaxa 32].

Natural Enemies: Unknown.

Related Species [Martin 2004 Zootaxa 32][Sampson  &  Drews,1941]:

Compound pore arrangement close to Aleuronudus melzeri Bondar &  A. jequiensis  Bondar.  According to Sampson, closely related to Metaleurodicus bahiensis Hempel comb.nov.   This species used to be under Aleuronudus until Martin transferred the species into Metaleurodicus.