Metaleurodicus cardini (Back)

Nomenclature:  

Metaleurodicus cardini (Back) [Bondar, 1923: 81].

Aleurodicus cardini  Back, 1912: 148-151.

Aleurodicus (Metaleurodicus) cardini  Back [Quaintance. & Baker,  1913].

Distribution: Australasian:  Hawaii [Kumashiro, 2003 email message];  Neotropical:  Cuba  [S.E.L.], Bermuda [S.E.L.], Dominican Republic [S.E.L.],  Haiti [S.E.L.],  Jamaica [S.E.L.],  Puerto Rico [S.E.L.],  & Virgin Islands [S.E.L.].

Host: Myrtaceae: Pimenta officinalis [NHM, London], Psidium guajave radii  Back, 1912: 150],  Psidium guajave  [NHM, London]; Rutaceae:  Citrus [Sorauer, 1956: 337],  Citrus sinensis [NHM, London];  Verbenaceae: Citharexylum spinosum   [Kumashiro, 2003 email message]  [Sorauer, 1956: 337][NHM, London].

Taxonomy [Back, 1912: 148-151]:  Four abdominal and one cephalic pairs of submarginal or subdorsal compound pores.  Lingula obviously exserted well beyond posterior border of the vasiform orifice. With scattered loculate pores that are star-shaped.

Natural Enemies:  [Mason et al.,  1991][MacGowan & Nebeker, 1978][Thompson & Simmonds, 1964][Fulmek, 1943]:  Delphastus diversipes (Champion) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae);   Ocyptamus parvicornis (Loew) &  Pseudodoros clavatus (Fabricius) (Diptera, Syrphidae); Encarsia sp. (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae); Caraeochrysa cincta (Schneider) & Chrysopodes collaris (Schneider) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae)

Related Genera [Martin 2004 Zootaxa: 49]: This species is similar to M. arcanus sp. nov..  It can be separated from this species by possessing four abdominal compound pore pairs compared to five and have a submarginal row of 8 shaped pores that M. arcanus sp. nov. lacks.