Species Dialeuropora decempuncta (Quaintance & Baker, 1917)

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• Dialeurodes (Dialeuropora) decempuncta Quaintance, A.L. & Baker, A.C. 1917. A contribution to our knowledge of the whiteflies of the subfamily Aleurodinae (Aleyrodidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51: 335-445 [434].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM Q.6729A puparia slide, Sri Lanka, Ceylon Royal Botanic Gardens.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH puparia slides (total paralectotypes = ca 57 x puparia slides), Sri Lanka, Ceylon Royal Botanic Gardens; USNM puparia slides (total paralectotypes = ca 57 x puparia slides), Sri Lanka, Ceylon Royal Botanic Gardens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Martin, Jon 1999. The Whitefly Fauna of Australia (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae). A taxonomic account and identification guide. Technical Paper No. 38. Canberra : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 38 pp. 1-197. [72].

  Type host:

   Cinnamomum sp. [LAURACEAE]
• Dialeurodes (Dialeuropora) setigerus Takahashi, R. 1932. Aleyrodidae of Formosa, Part I. Report, Government Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Formosa 59: 1-57 [14] [junior objective synonym of Dialeuropora decempuncta Quaintance & Baker, 1917].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TARI, Taiwan, Shinten.

  Type host:

   Machilus sp. [LAURACEAE]
• Dialeurodes dothioensis Dumbleton, L.J. 1961. The Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera - Homoptera) of New Caledonia. Pacific Science 15: 114-136 [121] [junior objective synonym of Dialeuropora decempuncta Quaintance & Baker, 1917].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, New Caledonia, Dothio River Bridge.
  Paratype(s) BMNH, New Caledonia, Dothio River Bridge.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mound, L.A. & Halsey, S.H. 1978. Whitefly of the World. Chichester : British Museum (Natural History) & John Wiley & Sons 340 pp. [159] (of Dialeuropora dothiensis (Dumbleton) and of Dialeuropora setigerus (Takahashi))

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widely distributed.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Blepharocarya depauperata Specht [ANACARDIACEAE]; Buchanania obovata Engl. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Mangifera indica L. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Terminalia sp. [COMBRETACEAE]; Glochidion benthamianum Domin [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]), sap-feeder (associated flora: Blepharocarya depauperata Specht [ANACARDIACEAE]; Buchanania obovata Engl. [ANACARDIACEAE] Wild Mango; Mangifera indica L. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Glochidion benthamianum Domin [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]).

 

History of changes

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