Genus:  Parabemisia Takahashi

 Nomenclature:

Parabemisia Takahashi & Mamet1952: 21

Biology: Derm usually pale.

Distribution: Native to the Oriental and Austro-Oriental regions.

Taxonomy: Outline. Oval.  Margin. Fine regular teeth, modified as combs at the tracheal clefts. Dorsum. Transverse moulting suture almost to margin.  Submedian abdominal depressions obvious; vasiform orifice triangular to elongate-cordate shape, operculum covering half of orifice, and lingula inserted, exposed with paired laterobasal lobes. Chaetotaxy.  Cephalic and A8 setae present; A1 setae absent; 12-14 pairs of evenly spaced setae including caudal setae. Venter. Caudal furrow little or not marked; caudal and tracheal folds variously marked or not at all.

Natural Enemies: See species list below.

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***   Intercepted in quarantine

Parabemisia aceris (Takahashi)

Nomenclature :

Bemisia aceri Takahashi 1931: 204

Parabemisia aceris (Takahashi) [Takahashi 1952: 23]

Distribution: Oriental: Japan, Taiwan

Host: Aceraceae: Acer palmatum, Acer sp

Parabemisia indica Meganathan & David

Nomenclature:

Parabemisia indica Meganathan & David 1994: 47

Distribution: Palaearctic: India

Host: Dipterocarpaceae: Nothopegia racemosa

Parabemisia jawani Martin

Nomenclature :

Parabemisia jawani Martin 1985: 331

Distribution: Australasia: Papua New Guinea.

Host: Indet

Parabemisia lushanensis Ko & Luo

Nomenclature:

Parabemisia lushanensis Ko & Luo 1999: 19

Distribution: Oriental: China.

 

Host: Aceraceae: Acer serrulatum

Parabemisia maculata Takahashi & Mamet

. Syntypes. Japan: on Acer sp., HBL.

Distribution: 5:

Nomenclature:

Parabemisia maculata Takahashi 1952: 22

Distribution: Australasia: Malaysia; Oriental: Japan

 

Host: Aceraceae: Acer sp.; Rubiaceae: Gardenia florida; Theaceae: Thea sinensis.

Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana) ***

Nomenclature:

Bemisia myricae Kuwana 1927: 249

Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana) [Takahashi 1952a: 24]

 

Distribution:  Australasia: USA(Hawaii.); Nearctic: USA (CA, FL, HI); Neotropical:  Venezuela; Oriental: China, Japan, Taiwan; Palaearctic: Egypt, India,  Iran, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Turkey

 

Host: Asteraceae: Lactuca sp.; Cyperaceae: Cyperus papyrus; Ebenaceae: Diospyros khaki; Elaeocarpaceae: Elaeocarpus serratus; Ericaceae: Rhododendron sp.; Fagaceae: Quercus serratus; Juglandaceae: Engelhardtia roxburghiana; Lauraceae: Cryptocarya sp.,Machilus sp., Persea americana; Moraceae: Ficus carica, Morus alba, Morus sp.; Myricaceae: Myrica rubra; Myrsinaceae: Maesa japonica; Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava; Olacaceae: Schoepfia schreberi; Polygonaceae: Coccoloba krugii; Rosaceae: Prunus mume, Prunus persica, Prunus triflora; Rubiaceae: Chiococca alba, Gardeniaaugusta, Gardenia sp., Gardenia thunbergia; Rutaceae: Citrus aurantifolia, C. aurantium, C. bigaradia, C. limon, C. sinensis, C. x nobilis, Murraya koenigii, Poncirus trifoliata, Wendlandia thrysoidea, X Citrofortunella microcarpa; Salicaceae: Salix babylonica

 

Natural enemies: Parasitoids - Hymenoptera/ Aphelinidae: Encarsia azimi, E. collecta, E. hispida, E. lutea, E. meritoria, E. perflava, E. protransvena, E. pseudocitrella, E. sophia, E. strenua, Eretmocerus debachi, E. furuhashii ; Platygastridae: Amitus sp. Predators - Acari/Phytoseiidae: Amblyseius swirski, Euseius scutalis, Iphiseiodes degenerans, Typhlodromus athiasae; Coleoptera/ Coccinellidae: Adonia variegata, Chilocorus bipustulatus, Clitostethus arcuatus, Coelophora pupillata, Exochomus quadripustulatus, Hippodamia sp., Oenopia conglobata, Scymnus near pallidicollis, Serangium parcesetosum; Coleoptera/ Nitidulidae: Cybocephalus binotatus; Diptera/ Syrphidae: Genus? sp.; Hemiptera/ Anthocoridae: Genus? sp.; Miridae: Deraeocoris pallens; Neuroptera/Chrysopidae: Chrysoperla carnea; Coniopterygidae: Conwentzia hagani, Conwentzia psociformis, Semidalis aleyrodiformis; Hemerobiidae: Sympherobius sanctus

Parabemisia myrmecophila Martin

Nomenclature:

Parabemisia myrmecophila Martin 1985: 332

Distribution: Austalasia: Papua New Guinea.

Host: Lauraceae: Cryptocarya sp.