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Issue: Vol. 1154 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1154.1.3
Page range: 35–39
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 2

Distinctaleyrodes setosus Dubey & Sundararaj (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), a new whitefly genus and species from India

Institute of Wood Science & Technology, 18th Cross Malleswaram, Bangalore 560 003, India
nstitute of Wood Science & Technology, 18th Cross Malleswaram, Bangalore 560 003, India
Hemiptera Aleyrodidae Distinctaleyrodes setosus new genus new species Derris sp

Abstract

Distinctaleyrodes setosus Dubey & Sundararaj gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) found on Derris sp. from Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka state of India is described and illustrated. This species is unique in the grossly swollen form of the major dorsal setae.

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