Species Singhiella premnae Martin, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

• Singhiella premnae 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. [100].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC puparium slide, Qld, beach top vegetation 2 km N of Cape Tribulation.
  Paratype(s) ANIC puparia (total Cape Tribulation paratypes = 15 x puparia, 6 x 3rd instar slides, all stages numerous on dry leaves), Qld, beach top vegetation 2 km N of Cape Tribulation; BMNH puparia (total Cape Tribulation paratypes = 15 x puparia, 6 x 3rd instar slides, all stages numerous on dry leaves), Qld, beach top vegetation 2 km N of Cape Tribulation; ANIC puparium slide, Qld, Torres Strait, Boigu Island.

  Type host:

   Premna serratifolia L. [VERBENACEAE]

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: Premna serratifolia L. [VERBENACEAE]; Stirlingia latifolia (R.Br.) Steud. [PROTEACEAE] Blueboy).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Premna serratifolia L. [VERBENACEAE]; Ficus microcarpa L.f. [MORACEAE]).

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