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Issue: Vol. 2790 No. 1: 14 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2790.1.4
Page range: 54–60
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new genus and species of whitefly from Lafoensia pacari in Brazil (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae, Aleurodicinae)

Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Hemiptera new genus neotropical Brazil Aleurodicinae key to genera Lafoensia

Abstract

Costalimada brasiliensis, gen. and sp. nov. is described from Lafoensia pacari (Lythraceae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its position within the Aleurodicinae is discussed, and an amendment to a previously published key to worldwide genera of Aleurodicinae is presented.

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