Species Palaealeurodicus holmesii (Maskell, 1896)

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• Aleurodes holmesii Maskell, W.M. 1896. Contributions towards a monograph of the Aleurodidae, a family of the Hemiptera - Homoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 411-449 [435].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZAC slide mounted puparia from dry material, Fiji.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH puparia slides (18 paralectotypes in total), Fiji; NZAC puparia slides (18 paralectotypes in total), Fiji; ANIC puparia slides (18 paralectotypes in total), Fiji.

  Type host:

   Psidium sp. [MYRTACEAE]
• Aleurodicus malayensis Takahashi, R. 1951. Descriptions of six interesting species of Aleyrodidae from Malaya (Homoptera). Kontyû 19: 1-8 [2-3].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1 x puparium slide, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 7 x puparia slides, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Martin, J. 1985. The whitefly of New Guinea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 50(3): 303-351 [312] (of Aleurodicus malayensis Takahashi)

Generic Combinations

• Aleurodicus holmesii (Maskell, 1896).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Psidium guajava L. [MYRTACEAE]; Undetermined sp. [LAURACEAE]; Guioa sp. [SAPINDACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder.

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