Species Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, 1935

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• Aleurotrachelus dryandrae Solomon, M.E. 1935. On a new genus and two new species of Western Australian Aleyrodidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 21: 75-91 [83].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH puparium slide, WA, Perth, Crawley.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1 x ♂, 1 x ♀ adults, 4 x 3rd, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 1st instar nymph slides, eggs, WA, Perth, Crawley.

  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. [52].

  Type host:

   Dryandra floribunda R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Bossiaea webbii F.Muell. [FABACEAE]; Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Coast Teatree; Banksia attenuata R.Br. [PROTEACEAE] Slender Banksia; Banksia grandis Willd. [PROTEACEAE]; Dryandra nivea (Labill.) R.Br. [PROTEACEAE] Couch Honeypot; Dryandra floribunda R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Grevillea bipinnatifida R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Hakea pritzelii Diels [PROTEACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Bossiaea webbii F.Muell. [FABACEAE]; Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Coast Teatree; Banksia attenuata R.Br. [PROTEACEAE] Slender Banksia; Banksia grandis Willd. [PROTEACEAE]; Dryandra nivea (Labill.) R.Br. [PROTEACEAE] Couch Honeypot; Dryandra floribunda R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Grevillea bipinnatifida R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Hakea pritzelii Diels [PROTEACEAE]).

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