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Issue: Vol. 2750 No. 1: 27 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2750.1.5
Page range: 51–59
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and its parasitoid(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from desert lavender in California

Department of Entomology, the Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK; Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK
California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California State Collection of Arthropods, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California, U.S.A. 95832-1448
Hemiptera Aleuropleurocelus Aphelinidae Chalcidoidea Encarsia Hyptis emoryi molecular taxonomy ribosomal DNA sequence whiteflies

Abstract

Aleuropleurocelus hyptisemoryi Gill sp.n. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and its parasitoid, Encarsia heratyi Polaszek sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are described. Both species are known so far only from desert lavender (Hyptis emoryi) in California, but are likely to be more widely distributed. Encarsia heratyi, a member of the Encarsia parvella-group, is separated from apparently closely-related species in that group.

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