Dialeurodicus silvestrii (Leonardi),  Field Image

Nomenclature : 

Aleurodicus silvestrii  Leonardi  [Leonardi, 1910: 320-322].

Dialeurodicus silvestri  Leonardi.  [Martin 2004 Zootaxa: 44][Quaintance & Baker,  1913: 28-30].

Dialeurodicus tracheiferus Sampson & Drews, 1941: 152-153. Syn.nov.

Biology [Martin 2004 Zootaxa: 44][Leonardi, 1910: 320-322]:  Ovoid shape, color yellow with marginal fringe of white wax;  dorsum with six long waxy tentacles contiguous at their base.

Host [Leonardi, 1910: 322]: indet; Myrtaceae:  Eugenia  sp. [Martin 2004 Zootaxa: 44].

Distribution  [Martin 2004 Zootaxa: 44][Leonardi, 1910: 322]:  Nearctic:  Belize Mexico  .

Taxonomy [Leonardi, 1910: 320-322][Sampson & Drews, 1941]:  Reticulated dorsal pattern & paired pores absent; wide subdorsal band of simple pores present;  simple pores also scattered from caudad of the vasiform orifice to the cephalothorax from submedian to median region;  tracheal clefts are absent; abdominal submedian setae lateral to the anterior margin of the vasiform orifice and the operculum; marginal segments divided into teeth with row of simple pores on inner edge of submargin that are separated by lateral incisions.

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