Description of a new species of Metabemisia Takahashi, 1963 from China (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae)

By

Wang, Jirui
Du, Yuzhou

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

604

Pages

41-48

Subjects

Aleyrodidae , China , Metabemisia , new taxa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.604.8203

 

Abstract

A new whitefly species, Metabemisia leguminosa sp. n., collected from an undetermined leguminous herb is described from Wuzhishan Mountain, Hainan Island, China. The puparium of the new species differs from that of all other Metabemisia species by the presence of 4–5 rows of very small distinct papillae along the margin, the absence of the first abdominal seta, and the indistinct thoracic tracheal pores. An identification key to the worldwide species of Metabemisia is provided.