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Issue: Vol. 2428 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2428.1.6
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Aleuroclava Singh (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Iran

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 1841, Rasht, Iran
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 1841, Rasht, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 1841, Rasht, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 1841, Rasht, Iran
Hemiptera Aleuroclava Aleyrodidae whiteflies Iran

Abstract

A new whitefly species, Aleuroclava kharazii Manzari & Shahbazvar sp. nov., is described and illustrated here from several host plant species belonging to Apocynaceae and Rosaceae in Iran. Its taxonomic affinities are briefly discussed.

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