Genus: Acaudaleyrodes Takahashi
Nomenclature :
Acaudaleyrodes Takahashi 1951a: 382
Biology: Cuticle usually brown to black in color.
Distribution: Predominately Palaearctic with one species from Oriantal (China) and few from Afrotropical regions.
Taxonomy: This genus is recognizeable because of the following combination of character:
· Vasiform orifice Scutellate (shield-like in shape).
· The lingula very short and does not occupy most of the orifice.
· operculum small, short, and rectangular.
Note that it also has dorsal pair of suture-like folds as in Aleurotrachelus.
Similar Genera: According to Takahashi, this genus is related to Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker.
Natural Enemies: See species list below.
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Acaudaleyrodes africana (Dozier) Nomenclature:
Distribution: Afrotropical: Central African Republic, Congo, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zaire [Takahashi 1951a: 382]; Palaearctic: Chad [Bink-Moenen 1983: 23] Host: Fabaceae [Bink-Moenen 1983: 23]: Desmodium sp., Pterocarpus lucens Natural enemies: Fungi: Aschersonia hypocreoidea [Dozier 1934: 190] |
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Acaudaleyrodes ebeni Manzari & Alemansoor Nomenclature:
Distribution [Manzari & Alemansoor 2005]: Palaearctic: Iran Host [Manzari & Alemansoor 2005]: Fabaceae: Ebenus stellata |
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Acaudaleyrodes pauliani Takahashi Nomenclature:
Distribution [Takahashi 1951a]: Palaearctic: Malagasy Host [Takahashi 1951a]: ?Hernandiaceae: "Mpanjakabentany" |
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Acaudaleyrodes rachipora (Singh) Nomenclature:
Distribution: Afrotropical: Canary Islands ; Palaearctic: Cyprus, Egypt [Jesudasan & David 1991] [Russell 1962b: 64] , India [Russell 1962b: 64] , Iraq, Israel, Saudia Arabia, Cameroon, Chad, Kenya, Malagasy, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leon, Sudan Host: Unknown: Entrada africana [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] ; Anacardiaceae [Cohic 1969: 4] : Rhus sp. ; Annonaceae [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] : Hexalobus monopetalus ; Asclepiadaceae: Leptadenia heterophylla [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] [Mound & Halsey 1978: 333] ; Caprifoliaceae: Sambucus nigra [Habib & Farag 1970: 39] ; Combretaceae: Anogeissus leiocarpus [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Combretum micranthum [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Combretum paniculatum [Cohic 1969: 4] , Terminalia laxiflora [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] ; Euphorbiaceae : Euphorbia pilulifera [Singh 1931a :57-59] , Hymenocardia acida [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] ; Fabaceae [Singh 1931: 57-59]: Abrus precatorius [David & Subramaniam 1976] , Acacia arabica [Priesner & Hosny 1934: 7-8] , A. niloticus [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Alhagi sp. [Priesner & Hosny 1934b: 7-8] , Bauhinia sp. [Singh 1931a :57-59] , Bauhinia thonningii [Cohic 1969] , Cassia auriculata [David & Subramaniam 1976] , Cassia fistula [Singh 1931 :57-59] , C. italica [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , C. sieberiana [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Ceratonia siliqua, Cercis siliquastrum, Dalbergia sissoo [Singh 1931 :57-59] , Delonix elata [David & Subramaniam 1976] , Desmodium sp. [Dozier 1934: 190] , Detarium microcarpum [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Dichrostachys glomerata [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Ebenus stellata [Manzari & Alemansoor 2005: 1] , Inga dulce [David & Subramaniam 1976] , Lonchocarpus laxiflorus [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Parkia clappertoniana [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Prosopis africana [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , P. juliforia [Rao 1958:333] , P. stephaniana [Priesner & Hosny 1934: 7-8] , Pterocarpus lucens [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , Tamarindus indica [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] [Rao 1958:333] , Tephrosia apollinea [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] [Priesner & Hosny 1934b: 7-8] , T. linearis; Tephrosia sp. ; Lythraceae: Lawsonia inermis [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , [Priesner & Hosny 1934: 7-8] ; Moraceae [Cohic 1969: 4] : Ficus sp. ; Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava [Priesner & Hosny 1934b: 7-8] ; Ochnaceae: Ochna afzelii [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] ; Punicaceae: Punica granatum [Jesudasan and David 199: 242] [Priesner & Hosny 1934b: 7-8] ; Rhamnaceae: Ziziphus spina-christi [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] [Priesner & Hosny 1934b: 7-8] ; Rutaceae: Citrus aurantifolia, C. limon [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] , C. sinensis [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] ; Sapindaceae [Priesner & Hosny 1934: 7-8] : Dodonaea viscosa ; Tiliaceae [Cohic 1969: 4]: Grewia similis ; Verbenaceae [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] : Vitex simplicifolia ; Zygophyllaceae [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] : Balanites aegyptiaca Natural enemies: Acarina [Donia ei al. 1995: 209-219]: Phytoseiidae: Euseius scutalis ; Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Encarsia acaudaleyrodis [Hernandez et al. 2003: 59] [Hayat 1976] ; E. davidi [Hernandez et al. 2003: 59] [Viggiani & Mazzone 1980:55] ; [E. galilea Rivnay & Gerling 1987: 467] ; E. inaron [Hernandez et al. 2003: 59] [Huang & Polaszek 1998: 1892] ; E. luta [Hernandez et al. 2003: 59] ; E. mineoi [Polaszek et al. 1999] ; E. sophia [Hayat 1989: 72] ; Eretmocerus rajasthanicus [Hayat 1976: 161]; Eretmocerus roseni [Hernandez et al. 2003: 59] [Abd-Rabou 1999: 33] [Gerling 1972] |
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Acaudaleyrodes tuberculata Bink-Moenen Nomenclature:
Distribution: Palaearctic [Bink-Moenen 1983: 23]: Chad Host: Combretaceae [Bink-Moenen 1983: 24] : Anogeissus leiocarpus ; Euphorbiaceae [Bink-Moenen 1983: 23] : Bridelia ferruginea |
