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Issue: Vol. 1443 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1443.1.4
Page range: 37–54
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 16

Aleurocyperus humus gen. et sp. n. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Taiwan, with interesting feeding behaviour

Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Hemiptera Whiteflies new genus new species Cyperaceae Poaceae Taiwan

Abstract

Aleurocyperus humus gen. et sp. n. is described from Taiwan, feeding on Cyperus rotundus, Kyllinga brevifolia and Torulinium odoratum (Cyperaceae), also Eleusine indica (Poaceae), with illustrations of the egg, immature stages, adult male and female. The new genus is defined through a combination of tracheal furrows, marginal characters, placement of dorsal setae, and absence of first abdominal setae. Observations are also presented on feeding behaviour.

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