Genus:  Rhachisphora Quaintance and Baker

Nomenclature [Martin 1999:  95-96]:

Rhachisphora Quaintance and Baker, Takahashi 1952: 22

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora)Quaintance and Baker 1917: 430-431, 433-434

Biology: Puparia pale or dark with outline variable. 

Distribution: Australasia; Oriental; Palaearctic

Taxonomy:  Margin. Crenulate with marginal clefts modified into caudal and tracheal pore. Dorsum. Cuticle often sculptured. With well-developed submedian rhachis (latral arms absent or present). Subdorsal folds absent but may have a pair cephalothoracic longitudinal subdorsal folds. Vasiform orifice fully covered by operculum obscuring the lingula. Caudal furrow present. Chaetotaxy. Submargin sometimes with 12 small Lanceolate setae.

Natural Enemies: See species list below.

***Intercepted in quarantine

Rhachisphora alishanensis Ko

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora alishanensis Ko 1992 [Ko et al. 1992: 251]

Distribution: Oriental: Taiwan

Host: Theaceae: Eurya strigillosa

Rhachisphora ardisiae (Takahashi)

Nomenclature: Dialeurodes ardisiae Takahashi 1935: 50

Rhachisphora ardisiae (Takahashi); Martin 1985: 333

Distribution: Australasia: Papua New Guinea; Oriental: Taiwan

Host: Myrsinaceae: Ardisia sp.

Rhachisphora capitatis (Corbett)

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) capitatis Corbett 1926: 270

Rhachisphora capitatis (Corbett) [Mound and Halsey 1978: 186]

Distribution: 6: Sri Lanka

Host: unknown plant

Rhachisphora elongatus Regu & David

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora elongatus Regu & David 1990: 277

Distribution: Palaearctic: India

Host: Sapotaceae: Mimusops elengi

Rhachisphora fijiensis (Kotinksy)

Nomenclature:

Aleyrodes fijensis Kotinsky 1907: 100

Dialeurodes fijensis (Kotinsky) Host: Fabaceae. [Quaintance & Baker 1914: 97]

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) fijensis (Kotinsky) [Quaintance & Baker 1917: 431]

Rhachisphora fijiensis (Kotinksy) [Mound and Halsey 1978: 186]

Distribution: Australasia: Fiji

Host: Fabaceae.

Rhachisphora franksae Martin

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora franksae Martin 1999: 96

Distribution: Australasia: Australia

Host: Loganiaceae: Fagraea gracilipes

Rhachisphora indica Sundararaj & David

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora indica Sundararaj & David 1991: 311

Distribution: Palaearctic: India

Host: unidentified.

Rhachisphora ixorae Sundararaj & David

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora ixorae Sundararaj & David 1991: 312

Distribution: Palaearctic: India

Host: Rubiaceae: Ixora sp

Rhachisphora kallarensis Jesudasan & David

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora kallarensis Jesudasan and David 1991: 324

Distribution: Palaearctic: India

Host: unidentified tree

Rhachisphora koshunensis (Takahashi)

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) koshunensis Takahashi 1933: 6

Rhachisphora koshunensis (Takahashi) [Mound and Halsey 1978: 186]

Distribution: Oriental: Taiwan

Host: Lauraceae: Cinnamomum reticulatum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Machilus sp.

Rhachisphora machili (Takahashi) 1932

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) machili Takahashi 1932: 16

Rhachisphora machili (Takahashi) [Mound and Halsey 1978: 187]

Distribution: Oriental: Taiwan

Host: Lauraceae: Machilus sp.

Rhachisphora maesae (Takahashi)

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) maesae Takahashi 1932: 18

Rhachisphora maesae (Takahashi) [Mound and Halsey 1978: 187]

Distribution: 5: Taiwan

Host: Myrsinaceae: Ardisia cornudenta, Maesa japonica

Natural enemies: Aphelinidae: Encarsia albiscutellum longipalpa Hayat 1989

Rhachisphora malayensis (Takahashi)

Nomenclature: Rhachisphora malayensis Takahashi 1952: 22

Distribution: Australasia: Malaya; Malaysia

Host: undetermined shrub

Rhachisphora oblongata Ko

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora oblongata Ko 1988, in Ko et al. 1998: 61

Distribution: Oriental: Taiwan

Host: Leeaceae: Leea guineensis

Rhachisphora queenslandica Martin

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora queenslandica Martin 1999: 97

Distribution: Australasia: Australia

Host: Myrtaceae: Syzygium sp.

Rhachisphora reticulata (Takahashi)

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) reticulata Takahashi 1933: 7

Rhachisphora reticulata (Takahashi); Mound and Halsey 1978: 187

Distribution: Palaearctic: Taiwan

Host: Lauraceae: Machilus sp.

Rhachisphora rutherfordi (Quaintance & Baker)

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) rutherfordi Quaintance & Baker 1917: 432

Rhachisphora rutherfordi (Quaintance & Baker); Mound and Halsey 1978: 187

Distribution: 6: India, Sri Lanka

Host: Loranthaceae: Loranthus eleasticus, Loranthus sp.

Rhachisphora selangorensis (Corbett)

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes selangorensis Corbett 1933: 122. Syntypes. Malaya: on Cinnamomum camphora, BMNH.

Rhachisphora selangorensis (Corbett) [Mound and Halsey 1978: 187]

Distribution: Australasia: Malaya; Malaysia

Host: Lauraceae: Cinnamomum camphora

Rhachisphora sanhsianensis Ko

Nomenclature:

Rhachisphora sanhsianensis Ko 1992, in Ko et al. 1992: 254

Distribution: Oriental: Taiwan

Host: Lauraceae: Machilus kusanoi

Rhachisphora setulosa (Corbett) 1926

Nomenclature: \

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) setulosa Corbett 1926: 188

Distribution: Palaearctic: Iran; Sri Lanka

Host: Ebenaceae: Diospyros khaki; unidentified plant

Rhachisphora styraci (Takahashi)***

Nomenclature:

Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) styraci Takahashi 1934c: 223

Distribution: Oriental: Japan

Host: Styracaceae: Styrax sp.