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Issue: Vol. 4: 30 Jul. 2001
Type: Article
Published: 2001-07-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 6

Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin & Aguiar sp. nov. (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), a New World whitefly species now colonising cultivated Araceae in Europe, Macaronesia and The Pacific Region

Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Laboratório Agrícola da Madeira, Estrada Eng. Abel Vieira, 9135-260 Camacha, Madeira, Portugal
Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Department for National and International Plant Health, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, D-14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany
whiteflies Crenidorsum new species new combinations Araceae ornamental plants

Abstract

Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin & Aguiar sp. nov., a New World native, is here described, colonising several members of the plant family Araceae in Central and South America, southern USA, the Pacific Region and Madeira. It is becoming a minor problem for growers of ornamental-foliage plants. It has recently been discovered in the glasshouse of a botanic garden in Germany. Two Asian species, Aleurotrachelus micheliae (Takahashi) and A. turpiniae (Takahashi) are here transferred to Crenidorsum (both comb. nov.).

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