Description of an invasive new species of Neotropical aleurodicine whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) - a case of complete or partial misidentification?
Paraleyrodes pseudonaranjae sp. n. is here described, from material collected from invasive colonies affecting agriculture in Hong Kong, Hawaii and the USA (Florida). This species had previously been identified as P. naranjae Dozier, based on puparial characteristics, but comparison of adult males with male syntypes of P. naranjae has indicated that identification to be mistaken. An adult male has been selected as lectotype of P. naranjae, but the identity of the puparia of the original sample remains uncertain.
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK. jhm@nhm.ac.uk
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D000818:Animals; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male