Species Rhachisphora queenslandica Martin, 1999

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• Rhachisphora queenslandica 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. [97].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC puparium slide, Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation.
  Paratype(s) ANIC puparia (total paratypes = 39 x puparia, 1 x 3rd instar slides, ca 60 x puparia on dry leaves, all same data as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation; BMNH puparia (total paratypes = 39 x puparia, 1 x 3rd instar slides, ca 60 x puparia on dry leaves, all same data as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation; QDPI puparia (total paratypes = 39 x puparia, 1 x 3rd instar slides, ca 60 x puparia on dry leaves, all same data as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N of Cape Tribulation.

  Type host:

   Syzygium sp. [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: Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE] Lilly-pilly; Dryandra floribunda R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE] Lilly-pilly; Euphorbia prostrata Aiton [EUPHORBIACEAE] Red Caustic Creeper).

History of changes