taxonID	type	description	language	source
038EE903FF830A2E7501FEDCFE9E701D.taxon	description	Buckton (1900) did not describe Aleurodes nubilans in meaningful detail. He only illustrated the adults, with their wings bearing darkly pigmented clouds, even though larval stages were very briefly mentioned. His description of the spiny surface of these larvae does strongly indicate likely inclusion in the genus Aleurocanthus, with the patterned wings of the adults supporting this, but nothing further can be deduced in the absence of actual specimens. The original material had been received by Buckton from the Manager of Court of Ward’s Estates, Backergunge (India), having caused considerable damage to betel nut plants. Kirkaldy (1907), in his Catalogue of the Hemipterous Family Aleyrodidae, quoted the host of Aleurodes nubilans as being Areca catechu, while citing Buckton’s original locality for the betel­feeding colony. It is considered that this quoted host was a straightforward error on the part of Kirkaldy. Peal (1903) noted that the type material of A. nublians was too badly damaged for proper description and he regretted that no description of the pupal stage had been made by Buckton. Quaintance & Baker (1917) also remarked “ This species is unknown to us in nature and the description is so indefinite that we are unable to compare it at all satisfactorily with our material from India. ” The whereabouts of the type material is now unknown, precluding any further efforts to resolve the matter. Singh (1931) described Aleurocanthus rugosa, also from Piper betle in India. However, for the reasons discussed above, it is similarly not possible to demonstrate whether this may have been conspecific with Buckton’s nublians. Certainly the species recently collected from areca in Karnataka is quite different from A. rugosa, does not match any described species known to the authors, and is here described and illustrated. In view of the above Aleurodes nubilans Buckton (1900) is regarded as a nomen dubium.	en	David, B. Vasantharaj, Manjunatha, And M. (2003): A new species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Areca catechu in India, with comments on the status of Aleurodes nubilans Buckton. Zootaxa 173: 1-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156271
038EE903FF830A2C7501F9A6FC72726B.taxon	description	Puparium. Blackish brown with powdery wax sparsely distributed on cases; found in groups on the undersurface of leaves. Oval in shape; female puparia measure 1.17 – 1.31 mm long, 0.85 – 1.04 mm wide. Male puparia smaller than female, 1.07 – 1.14 mm long, 0.63 – 0.84 mm wide, with reduced spination. Margin lobulate, 4 ­ 5 teeth occupying 0.1 mm. Anterior and posterior marginal setae present, minute. Thoracic and caudal pore regions not differentiated.	en	David, B. Vasantharaj, Manjunatha, And M. (2003): A new species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Areca catechu in India, with comments on the status of Aleurodes nubilans Buckton. Zootaxa 173: 1-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156271
038EE903FF830A2C7501F9A6FC72726B.taxon	description	Chaetotaxy. Cephalic, eighth abdominal and caudal setae present, caudal setae being the longest, 180 ­ 240 µm long. Submargin with short capitate setae interspersed in between the bases of submarginal spines. Vasiform orifice hardly elevated, subcircular; operculum filling orifice obscuring lingula. Floor of vasiform orifice with irregular teeth. Caudal furrow absent. Ven te r. Antenna reaching base of prothoracic leg. Spines absent at base of legs. Thoracic and caudal tracheal folds not discernible. Ventral abdominal setae anterior to vasiform orifice, minute. Submarginal area with a row of mushroom­shaped glandular structures.	en	David, B. Vasantharaj, Manjunatha, And M. (2003): A new species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Areca catechu in India, with comments on the status of Aleurodes nubilans Buckton. Zootaxa 173: 1-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156271
038EE903FF830A2C7501F9A6FC72726B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the host Areca catechu. Host Plant: Areca catechu (Palmae)	en	David, B. Vasantharaj, Manjunatha, And M. (2003): A new species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Areca catechu in India, with comments on the status of Aleurodes nubilans Buckton. Zootaxa 173: 1-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156271
038EE903FF830A2C7501F9A6FC72726B.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: One pupal case on slide, Vidiga, Shimoga district, Karnataka, Areca catechu, 11. 11. 2000, M. Manjunatha. Deposited in the collections of the Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Paratypes: Nine pupal cases mounted bearing holotype data. One with Dr. M. Manjunatha; one with Prof. R. W. Alexander Jesudasan, Department of Zoology, Madras Christian College, Tambaram East, Chennai 600 059; remaining with Dr. B. V. David. 39 pupal cases, Areca catechu, Karnataka, Vittal, 19. i. 2000, ENQ 2002 / 1087, H 004, Natural History Museum, London and BVD collection.	en	David, B. Vasantharaj, Manjunatha, And M. (2003): A new species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Areca catechu in India, with comments on the status of Aleurodes nubilans Buckton. Zootaxa 173: 1-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156271
038EE903FF830A2C7501F9A6FC72726B.taxon	discussion	Comments. A. arecae belongs to a small group of Aleurocanthus species which possess very coarse marginal teeth in the puparial stage, only 4 ­ 5 teeth per 0.1 mm. The bestknown of this group is A. woglumi Ashby, a common and widespread pest of citrus and some other cultivated woody plants. A. arecae differs from woglumi in having the second and third posteriormost pairs of submarginal abdominal spines doubled (only the third posteriormost pair is so doubled in woglumi). The submarginal spines are also more even in length in arecae, generally shorter than in woglumi. This new species also resembles Aleurocanthus clitoriae Jesudasan & David, in having the second and third posterior most pairs of abdominal submarginal spines doubled, but clitoriae is not a member of the woglumi ­ group, possessing much finer marginal teeth.	en	David, B. Vasantharaj, Manjunatha, And M. (2003): A new species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Areca catechu in India, with comments on the status of Aleurodes nubilans Buckton. Zootaxa 173: 1-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156271
