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Kirkaldy (1907) gave Asterochiton Maskell 
as a subgenus of Aleyrodes and cited lecani- 
oides as genotype, stating that Cockerell was 
wrong in citing aureus as genotype. 
Quaintance (1908) gave Asterochiton Cock- 
erell as a subgenus of Aleyrodes , with aureus 
Maskell as genotype, and listed melicyti Mas- 
kell as a synonym of aureus and papillifer 
Maskell as a synonym of lecanioides Maskell. 
Quaintance and Baker, who published 
three papers on the classification of the Aley- 
rodidae, had Maskell’s type material available 
for study. In the 1914 paper (p. 109) vapora- 
riorum Westw., of which lecanioides Mask, and 
papillifer Mask, are listed as synonyms, is 
given as the genotype of Asterochiton Maskell 
because these authors wrongly believed Mas- 
kell to have designated lecanioides as the geno- 
type of Asterochiton and, on examination of 
the type of papillifer , found it to be a synonym 
of vaporariorum Westw. Quaintance and 
Baker (1914: 98), overlooking the fact that 
Cockerell had designated aureus as the geno- 
type of Asterochiton , erected a new genus 
Dialeurodoides with aureus , which they figured, 
as genotype, and included in it fagi Mask, 
and simplex Mask. In a correction (1915: xi) 
it was stated that Asterochiton of the 1914 
paper must replace Dialeurodoides Q. and B., 
and that Trialeurodes Cockerell must replace 
Asterochiton. Cockerell’s designation of geno- 
types has priority over those of Kirkaldy 
(1907) and Quaintance and Baker (1914) and 
the species congeneric with aureus belong to 
Asterochiton Maskell and those congeneric 
with pergandei belong to Trialeurodes Cocker- 
ell. Quaintance and Baker in the 1914 paper, 
as amended by the 1915 correction, placed 
fodiens Mask, in Dialeurodes and asplenii Mask, 
in Trialeurodes. Quaintance and Baker (1917) 
redescribed and figured Dialeurodes fodiens 
Mask. 
Takahashi (1937) described and figured 
Aleyrodes w inter ae. 
The New Zealand Aleyrodid fauna, as it is 
known at present, is a limited and fairly homo- 
genous one in which only the subfamily 
Aleyrodinae is represented. The subfamily 
Udamoselinae is represented in Australia, 
and Maskell described a species of Aleurodicus 
from Fiji, though it is possibly introduced. 
The New Zealand fauna shows no obvious 
affinities with the much larger and more 
generically diversified fauna of Australia, with 
that of New Caledonia, or with the limited 
faunas described from Chile and the insular 
Pacific region. 
Subfamily ALEYRODINAE Enderlein 
GENERIC KEY TO PUPAL CASES OF 
NEW ZEALAND SPECIES 
1. Numerous papillae in single row on sub- 
margin, lingula knobbed and lobed. .... 
Trialeurodes Cockerell 
Not as above 2 
2. Thoracic and abdominal pore areas invag- 
inated, tracheal comb teeth present 
Asterochiton Maskell 
Not as above 3 
3. With marginal or submarginal setae, cau- 
dal furrow absent. . . .Aleyrodes Latreille 
Not as above Aleuroclava Singh 
KEY TO ADULTS OF NEW ZEALAND SPECIES 
OF Aleyrodidae 
1. Antenna with segment 7 twice as long as 
6; hind tibiae with comb of 30-34 setae; 
forewing 1.8 mm. long, Ri present; lingula 
widest at apex, truncate, with 4 conical 
processes . Asterochiton aureus Maskell 
Antennal segment 7 not twice as long as 
6; hind tibia with not more than 22 setae 
in comb; wing not longer than 1.5 mm. 
without Ri or with stub only; lingula if 
truncate without apical processes and wid- 
est before apex 2 
2. Penis in lateral view subparallel sided. .3 
Penis tapering 6 
