Species Aleuroplatus pectiniferus Quaintance & Baker, 1917

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• Aleuroplatus pectiniferus 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 [393].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM Q.8027 puparium slide, Pakistan, Lahore.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM 5 x puparia slides, Pakistan, Lahore.

  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. [48].
• Aleuroplatus ficusgibbosae Corbett, G.H. 1926. Contribution towards our knowledge of the Aleyrodidae of Ceylon. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 267-284 [271] [junior objective synonym of Aleuroplatus pectiniferus Quaintance & Baker, 1917].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH puparium slide, Sri Lanka, Peradeniya.

  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. [48].

  Type host:

   Ficus gibbosa [MORACEAE]
• Aleuroplatus buchananiae Jesudasan, R.W.A. & David, B.V. 1991. Taxonomic studies on Indian Aleyrodidae (Insecta: Homoptera). Oriental Insects 25: 231-434 [282] [junior objective synonym of Aleuroplatus pectiniferus Quaintance & Baker, 1917].

  Type data:

   Holotype India.
  Paratype(s) USNM (locality Madras is at variance with published description od paratype), India, Madras.

  Type host:

   Buchanania lanzan Sprengel [ANACARDIACEAE]
• Aleuroplatus cinnamomi Jesudasan, R.W.A. & David, B.V. 1991. Taxonomic studies on Indian Aleyrodidae (Insecta: Homoptera). Oriental Insects 25: 231-434 [282] [junior objective synonym of Aleuroplatus pectinferus Quaintance & Baker, 1999].

  Type data:

   Holotype puparium slide, India, Tamil Nadu, Burliar.
  Paratype(s) USNM puparium slide, India, Tamil Nadu, Burliar.

  Type host:

   Cinnamomum sp. [LAURACEAE]
• Aleuroplatus distinctus Jesudasan, R.W.A. & David, B.V. 1991. Taxonomic studies on Indian Aleyrodidae (Insecta: Homoptera). Oriental Insects 25: 231-434 [283] [junior objective synonym of Aleuroplatus pectiniferus Quaintance & Baker, 1917].

  Type data:

   Holotype puparium slide, India, Karnataka, Aleli.
  Paratype(s) BMNH puparium slide, India, Karnataka, Aleli.
• Aleuroplatus pectenserratus Singh, K. 1945. Notes on Aleyrodidae from India III. Indian Journal of Entomology 6: 75-78 [76] [junior subjective synonym of Aleuroplatus pectinferus Quaintance & Baker, 1917].

  Type data:

   Holotype puparium slide, India.
• Aleuroplatus walayarensis Jesudasan, R.W.A. & David, B.V. 1991. Taxonomic studies on Indian Aleyrodidae (Insecta: Homoptera). Oriental Insects 25: 231-434 [285] [junior objective synonym of Aleuroplatus pectiniferus Quaintance & Baker, 1917].

  Type data:

   Holotype puparium slide, India, Kerala, Walayar.
  Paratype(s) BMNH puparium slide, India, Kerala, Walayar; USNM puparium slide, India, Kerala, Walayar.

  Type host:

   Casearia esculenta Roxb. [FLACOURTIACEAE]

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [48] (of A. ficusgibbosae Corbett, 1926 and of A. buchananiae J. & D., 1991 and of A. cinnamomi J. & D., 1991 and of A. distinctus J. & D., 1991 and of A. pectenserratus Singh, 1945 and of A. walayarensis J. & D., 1991)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Strychnos sp. [LOGANIACEAE]; Buchanania sp. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Terminalia sp. [COMBRETACEAE]; Flueggea virosa (Willd.) Voigt [PHYLLANTHACEAE] Desert Fig; Khaya senegalensis Desr. [MELIACEAE]; Ficus racemosa L. [MORACEAE]; Smilax sp. [SMILACACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Buchanania sp. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Terminalia sp. [COMBRETACEAE]; Flueggea virosa (Willd.) Voigt [PHYLLANTHACEAE] Desert Fig; Khaya senegalensis Desr. [MELIACEAE]; Ficus racemosa L. [MORACEAE]; Smilax sp. [SMILACACEAE]; Strychnos sp. [LOGANIACEAE]; Casearia esculenta Roxb. [SALICACEAE]).

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