Genus: Aleurocybotus & Vasdavidius
Nomenclature [Martin 2005:9]:
Aleurocybotus Quaintance & Baker 1914: 101, 1917: 356 & Vasdavidius (David & Subramaniam) 1976
Biology: Pale yellow, often with shades of brown, red, or colorless; puparia elliptical to subelliptical.
Distribution : New World species are Aleurocybotus and Old world are Vasdavidius.
Taxonomy : Dentate margin lacking tracheal pores.
Dorsum with disc pores and associated porettes present; cephalic, A8 and caudal setae pairs present; A1 setae pair present or absent.
Submedian depressions and pockets present. Without a pair of longitudinal, parallel, subdorsal folds from the cephalic setae to the vasiform orifice . Do not confuse with Bemisia giffardi (Kotinsky).
Vasiform orifice chordate, subchordate or subtriangular in shape and closed posteriorly; operculum longer than wide; lingula spatulate and inserted. Caudal furrow present.
Venter with tracheal folds absent; submarginal wax glands present.
Normally occurs only on grasses.
Natural Enemies: See species list below; or click here for link.
Related genera : The following separates this genus from other genera: mature elongated puparia with the ventral surface not swollen; not encircled by a band of wax; without a pair of longitudinal, parallel, subdorsal folds from the cephalic setae to the vasiform orifice (do not confuse with Bemisia giffardi (Kotinsky)..
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Aleurocybotus cereus sp. nov. NOMENCLATURE :
DISTRIBUTION
[Martin 2005: 11]: Neotropical: Belize
HOST [Martin 2005: 11]; Poaceae: Lasiacis ? rugellii, L. sp. |
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Aleurocybotus graminicolus (Quaintance) 1899 NOMENCLATURE :
DISTRIBUTION
[Quaintance & Baker 1914: 101]: Nearctic:
USA (Florida) [TRI-OLOGY,
Vol. 41, No. 5] HOST: Indet [Quaintance & Baker 1914: 101]; Poaceae: Stenotaphrum secundatum |
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Aleurocybotus occiduus Russell NOMENCLATURE:
DISTRIBUTION [Quaintance & Baker 1914: 101]: Australasia: USA (Hawaii, in quarantine) [Evans, Dooley, Gill 2006: 31]; Nearctic: USA (AZ, CA, FL); Neotropical: Peru HOST: Indet [Quaintance & Baker 1914: 101]: Cyperaceae: Cyperus rotundus; Poaceae: Cenchrus echinatu, Chloris sp., Cynodon dactylon [Russell 1964, 66: 101], Echinochloa crus-galli [Russell 1964, 66: 101], Oryza sativa, Paspalum notatum, P. dilatatum [Russell 1964, 66: 101], Saccharum officinalis, Setaria italica [Evans, Dooley, Gill 2006: 31] [Russell 1964, 66: 101], Sorghum vulgare & S. halepense [Russell 1964, 66: 101], Stenotaphrum secunda, Zea mays [Russell 1964, 66: 101] NATURAL ENEMIES: Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Encarsia deserti Rivnay & Gerling [Rivnay & Gerling 1984], E. luteola, Eulophidae, Euderomphale hyalina (Compere & Annecke) [LaSalle & Schauff 1994: 249] [Compere & Annecke 1961: 68] |
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Vasdavidius concursus (Ko) NOMENCLATURE :
DISTRIBUTION: Oriental: Taiwan HOST: Poaceae: Miscanthus floridulus |
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Vasdavidius indicus David & Subramaniam 1976 NOMENCLATURE:
DISTRIBUTION: Afrotropical: Niger; Oriental: China; Palaearctic: India HOST: Poaceae: Chloris barbata, Dactyloctenium aegyptium NATURAL ENEMIES: Aphelinidae: Encarsia japonica, Encarsia sophia |
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Vasdavidius setiferus (Quaintance & Baker) NOMENCLATURE :
DISTRIBUTION [Corbett 1926: 274]: Australasia: Australia [Martin 1985: 317], Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines; Oriental: Hong Kong [Lee & Winney 1981: 32], Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand; Palaearctic: India HOST: Poaceae [Corbett 1926: 274]: Imperata arundinacea, I. cylindrica, I. imperata sp.[Martin 1985: 317]; Pandanaceae [Silvestri 1927: 15]: Pandanus sp. NATURAL ENEMIES: Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Encarsia japonica Viggiani [Huang & Polaszek 1998: 1899], E. persequens Silvestri 1927 [Fulmek 1943: 5], |
