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Description of a new species of the whitefly genus Pealius Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from China

  • WANG, Ji-Rui (The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, School of Agricultural & Food Science, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University) ;
  • DU, Yu-Zhou (School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University) ;
  • MARTIN, Jon H. (The Natural History Museum) ;
  • XU, Zhi-Hong (The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, School of Agricultural & Food Science, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University)
  • Received : 2017.08.19
  • Accepted : 2017.12.06
  • Published : 2018.09.29
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Abstract

A new whitefly species, Pealius yunnanensissp. nov., collected from Mengzi, Caoba village (Yunnan, China) on Ficus microcarpa Linn. f. (Urticales: Moraceae), is described with morphology, line illustrations, photographs and scanning electron microscope images. In addition, a checklist of Chinese species of Pealius is provided and all Pealius species recorded from Ficus around the world are listed. Specimens have been deposited in the Insect Collection of Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University (ZAFU), Lin'an, China.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China, Zhejiang A&F University, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

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