Puparium

Light yellow, suboval, found on the lower surface of leaves, 860–920 µm long, 610–660 µm wide.

Margin

Irregularly and smoothly crenulate, 15–16 crenulations in 0.1 mm. Margin not modified at thoracic tracheal pore openings, but slightly emarginated at caudal tracheal pore opening.

Dorsum

Elongate tubercles (t) tapering and variably curved (= falcate), 195–327 µm long, apically with a seta (s), 32–40 µm long (Figs. 1 and 2; ts). Tuberculate setae are formed from dorsal elevation of puparial cuticle, ts slightly swollen on puparial surface and without articulating circle or groove, surface puffy, with ridges or grooves or minute tubercles, not smooth, gradually narrowing towards apex and forming a socket in which apical seta is fixed. Submargin not separated from the dorsal disc. Six pairs of subdorsal tubercle-setae —2 cephalic pairs, 1 prothoracic pair, 3 pairs on abdominal segment I and IV & VII, position varies on cadual area. Length of subdorsal tubercles were subequal to cephalic tubercles 195–327 µm long, but actual length of apical seta on elongate tubercle measured 32–40 µm long.

Eight pairs of submarginal setae (sms): 4 pairs each on cephalothorax and abdomen. 3 pairs sms on cephalothorax, 1 pair sms laterad of metathorax; 1 pair sms laterad of abdominal segment II, and 3 pairs sms laterad of segment VII to caudal end; sms length variable, 7–47 µm long, length varied within a puparium from 4 to 42 µm long, sms on posterior abdomen usually smaller than others.

Cephalic setae (cs) and first abdominal setae (as1) on elevated tubercles, eighth abdominal (as8) and caudal setae (cs) not on elevated tubercles.

Submedian pockets (smp) were visible on cephalothoracic and abdominal segment sutures. Dorsal pores (dp) located on minute tubercles, a row each in submargin and submedian area, dorsal pores irregularly located on subdorsum. Median length of abdominal segment VII 20 µm long almost half the length of segment VI. Thoracic tracheal furrows absent but caudal furrow indicated, filled with irregular ridges resembling those of dorsal crenulations, 100–105 µm long, 15 µm wide.

Vasiform Orifice

Subcordate, as long as wide or slightly longer than wide, 53–67 µm long, 52–67 wide; posterior edge elevated; operculum subcordate, almost covering the orifice, 30–37 µm long, 36–37 µm wide; lingula tip exposed, simple lobe, not extending beyond the posterior margin of the vasiform orifice. No paired apical setae observed on lingula.

Venter

Paired ventral abdominal setae, 27–50 µm long, 22 µm apart; paired meso-, and metathoracic setae, 3 µm long; paired rostral setae, 2 µm long. Antennae reaching near the base of prolegs, 70–80 µm long, keel 5 µm long. Thoracic and caudal tracheal folds indicated with stipples. Spiracles visible.

Chaetotaxy

Anterior marginal setae 20–22 µm long, posterior marginal setae 27–42 µm long. Cephalic setae 287–335 µm long of which the actual length of setae located on tip of elevated cuticle measured 30– 40 µm long. Similarly, the first abdominal setae measured 152–296 µm long, the length of first abdominal setae was slightly shorter than cephalic setae, sometimes the cephalic setae was observed along the subdorsal setae. The number of subdorsal setae found one pair more or less in each half of the puparium. Eighth abdominal setae 77–100 µm long and caudal setae 78–100 µm long.

Host Plant

Cinnamomum subavenium Miq. (Laurales: Lauraceae). (Fig. 11)

Material Examined

HOLOTYPE, China: Guangxi, Darning Mt., 1 puparium on slide, on Cinnamomum subavenium, 06.viii.2011, J.-R. Wang (YU).

PARATYPES: 17 puparia on 16 slides, data same as of holotype (AKD-5, ANIC-1, NHM-1, USDA-1, ZSI-1 & remaining in Yangzhou University, China), (see details of acronyms in Material and Methods)

Etymology

The species name ‘lauri‘ is derived from the family of the host plant, Lauraceae.

Remarks

The new species differs from all the known Tuberaleyrodes species by the presence of subdorsal setae placed on elongate tubercles that reach well beyond the lateral margin, 8 pairs of minute submarginal setae placed approximate to the row of subdorsal setae, tuberculate dorsum and the median length of abdominal segment VII nearly half of VI. It resembles T. rambutana Takahashi by the presence of longer dorsal setae, but differs from it in shape and by the absence of mesothoracic setae. It also resembles Acanthaleyrodes callicarpae Takahashi, but differs from it by the absence of wavy markings on submarginal/subdorsal area. Tuberaleyrodes and Acanthaleyrodes share some common characteristics such as dorsally elevated tuberculate setae but the latter differs by the presence of posteriorly an elevated vasiform orifice.