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Issue: Vol. 1045 No. 1: 5 Sept. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1045.1.3
Page range: 39–43
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

Peracchius durantae, a new genus and species of whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Brazil

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Seropédica RJ, BRASIL 23890-000
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Seropédica RJ, BRASIL 23890-000
Hemiptera Aleyrodidae whitefly taxonomy puparia Duranta repens Brazil

Abstract

In this paper we describe and illustrate a new genus and species of whitefly from Seropédica-RJ, Brazil, based on pupal cases found on Duranta repens L. “Aurea” (Verbenaceae).

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