Aleurodicus cocois Curtis, 1846

Martin, Jon H., 2008, A revision of Aleurodicus Douglas (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae), with two new genera proposed for palaeotropical natives and an identification guide to world genera of Aleurodicinae, Zootaxa 1835 (1), pp. 1-100 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1835.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5127226
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scientific name	Aleurodicus cocois Curtis
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Aleurodicus cocois Curtis View in CoL

(Figs 65, 66)

Aleyrodes cocois Curtis, 1846: 284 . Lectotype puparium, Barbados [designated by Martin, 1997: 125, MOV, examined].

Aleurodicus cocois (Curtis) Morgan, 1892: 32 View in CoL .

Aleurodicus anonae Morgan, 1892: 32 View in CoL . Lectotype, Guyana [designated by Mound & Halsey, 1978: 229, BMNH, examined]. Synonymised by Mound & Halsey, 1978: 229.

DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region – Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela and widely across the Caribbean islands including Puerto Rico.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Type material of Aleyrodes cocois and Aleurodicus anonae as detailed and discussed by Martin (1997); numerous samples from the Caribbean and the countries listed above ( BMNH, USNM).

COMMENTS. A question had arisen about the status of material of Aleyrodes cocois Curtis [the type for the entire subfamily Aleurodicinae , through its seniority over A. anonae Morgan ] in BMNH, marked as having “ type ” status. Investigations revealed that the true type sample of A. cocois resided in the MOV collection in Melbourne, not in BMNH as indicated by Mound & Halsey (1978: 229). However, the synonymy of A. anonae with A. cocois was found to be correct (Martin, 1997).

A. cocois is very similar to A. pulvinatus and A. juleikae ( q.v.) and is here treated as a member of the pulvinatus- group of species in the key to species. However, the species limits of the cocois / pulvinatus / juleikae assemblage are not clear and may change with future work. At present, the key (couplets 27-28, p. 19) may be used to distinguish the species as here understood.