Species Nigrasialeyrodes convexus Martin & Carver, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nigrasialeyrodes convexus Martin, Jon & Carver, M. in Martin, Jon 1999. The Whitefly Fauna of Australia (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae). A taxonomic account and identification guide. Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Publishing Vol. No. 38 pp. 1-197. [86].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC puparium slide, Qld, Townsville.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 4 x puparia slides (same data as holotype), Qld, Townsville; ANIC puparia (JCU paratype total material = 25 x puparia, 3 x 3rd instar slides), Qld, Townsville, James Cook University; BMNH puparia (JCU paratype total material = 25 x puparia, 3 x 3rd instar slides), Qld, Townsville, James Cook University; USNM puparia (JCU paratype total material = 25 x puparia, 3 x 3rd instar slides), Qld, Townsville, James Cook University; ANIC 14 x puparia, numerous puparia on dry leaves, Qld, Townsville.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca dealbata S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE] Broad leaved Paperbark).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca dealbata S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE]; Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE] Broad leaved Paperbark).

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