taxonID	type	description	language	source
6A32246CFF88D83A728BFF7078E07FD9.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Covidaleyrodes flos sp. nov., by original and present designation. Gender: masculine.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF88D83A728BFF7078E07FD9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Puparium black; oval; with secretion of wax around body margin. Margin lobulate. Thoracic and caudal tracheal pores present. Submargin completely separated from the dorsal disc by a furrow. Longitudinal and transverse moulting sutures reaching submarginal furrow. Pro-meso- and meso-metathoracic sutures faint. Abdominal segment sutures faintly visible, restricted to submedian area only. Thoracic and caudal tracheal furrows absent, but folds present. Abdominal segment VII not reduced medially. Vasiform orifice subcordate; operculum subcordate, entirely covering the orifice and concealing the lingula. Pore / porette pairs present. Pockets discontinuous on abdominal segment VIII (Fig. 4 G). Antennae extending laterally across prothoracic leg bases. Spiracles and adhesive sacs visible. Chaetotaxy. Cephalic setae (Fig. 4 H), first abdominal (Fig. 4 I, 6 D) and eighth abdominal setae present, the latter located cephalolateral to vasiform orifice (Figs 3 C, 6 F). Caudal setae absent. Submarginal setae present.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF88D83A728BFF7078E07FD9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus is named after the ‘ Covid- 19 ’ virus pandemic that caused much devastation throughout the world and which occurred during the writing of this paper, and made of the suffix - aleyrodes (from Greek ἄλευρον = flour, in link with the white pruinosity covering whiteflies), a common suffix for genera in Aleyrodinae.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF88D83A728BFF7078E07FD9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Covidaleyrodes is placed in the Aleyrodinae tribe Dialeurodini as proposed by David (1990), characterized as having thoracic and caudal tracheal pores, eighth abdominal segment not trilobed, and vasiform orifice subcordate in shape and not elevated. Puparia of the new genus resemble those of Sphericaleyrodes Selvakumaran & David, 1996 in colour, shape and their broad submargin, but differ in that vasiform orifice is not elevated, first abdominal pair of setae are present, tracheal pore openings are C-shaped and deeply invaginated at the margin, meso- and metathoracic setae are absent, abdominal segments are rhachisform and there is a submarginal furrow entirely separating dorsal disc (Fig. 6 A) (submarginal ridge in Sphericaleyrodes). Covidaleyrodes gen. nov. also differs from Crescentaleyrodes David & Jesudasan, 1987 in lacking a submarginal ridge and crescent-shaped submarginal wax glands; from Aleurolobus in the shape of vasiform orifice and tracheal opening, and from Margaritaplena Dubey, 2020 in lacking pouch-like structures filled with microtubercles in the tracheal pore opening areas. The new genus differs from Dialeurodes in having lateral margin lobulate, longitudinal moulting suture reaching the submargin, and lacking a caudal furrow, faint cephalothoracic inter-segmental sutures and a comb of teeth on the inner margin of vasiform orifice.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	description	(Figs 2 – 7)	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Puparia of the new species are distinguishable in having thoracic and caudal tracheal pores, lobulate margin and in lacking pro, meso, and metathoracic setae. Body wax shape. The dorsal surface of puparium with thin layer of white wax; body margin with a fringe of white wax threads; wax accumulated near margin, somewhat raised dorsally, forming a small oval pit that is housing the puparium (Fig. 2).	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	description	Puparium. Black, with secretion of white wax, puparium with wax deposit over dorsal side appears smoky; oval (Fig. 6 A); dimorphic in size, ♀ 1450 – 1470 μm long, 1270 – 1280 μm wide; ♂ 1100 – 1150 μm long, 750 – 870 μm wide; found in groups on the underside of leaves, 6 – 24 puparia in each group per leaf, male and female puparia in separate groups on separate leaves. Margin. Lobulate, each lobe longer than wide (Figs 4 C, 4 D, 6 B), smoothly crenulate in folded margin (Figs 3 A, 4 B); 10 – 11 crenulations in 0.1 mm. Caudal and thoracic tracheal pores indicated at tracheal pore opening areas with C-shaped invaginations (Figs 4 E, 6 C, 6 G). Anterior and posterior marginal setae ♀ 14 – 19 μm, 29 – 34 μm; ♂ 12 – 16 μm, 26 – 27 μm long, respectively. Dorsum. Dorsal disc pigmented in bleached puparium (Fig. 4 A), corrugated. Submargin demarcated from dorsal disc by a furrow, slightly raised in live puparia, 122 – 174 μm wide; submargin with transverse ridges. Thoracic and caudal tracheal furrows absent. Longitudinal moulting suture reaching submarginal crease anteriorly (Figs 3 A, 4 F). Transverse moulting sutures turning anteriorly and reaching parallel to metathoracic legs near submarginal crease. Pro-meso- and meso-metathoracic sutures faint (Fig. 4 A), much clearer in SEM images (Fig. 6 A). Abdominal intersegmental sutures faintly visible on segments VI – VIII. Median length of abdominal segment VII not reduced, subequal to segment VI. Median length of abdominal segments VI – VIII, 50 – 55, 45 – 50, 48 – 57 μm, respectively. Outer subdorsal area with fine irregular wavy markings (Fig. 4 J). Paired pores / porettes present, two rows on submedian area, one irregular row on subdorsum (6 pairs on cephalothorax and 10 – 11 pairs on abdomen) with pore / porette spacing 5 – 8 μm, and a row on submargin, 48 – 49 pairs, with pore / porette spacing 12 – 13 μm; pore / porette distance 2 – 3 times of the large pore diameter. Submedian pair of pores / porettes also present on abdominal segment VII. Distance between vasiform orifice and caudal pore opening 267 – 280 μm in female, 170 – 157 μm in male. Pockets discontinuous (Fig. 4 G). Vasiform orifice. Subcordate (Fig. 6 E); not elevated posteriorly; ♀ 77 – 82 μm long, 76 – 78 μm wide; ♂ 70 – 87 μm long, 58 – 65 μm wide; operculum subcordate, completely filling the orifice and concealing the lingula, as long as wide, ♀ 54 – 59 μm long, 83 – 89 μm wide, ♂ 42 – 50 μm long, 45 – 48 μm wide. Lingula concealed. Venter. Oval (Figs 3 D, 7 A); pigmented except broad submarginal area (Fig. 5 A). The oval markings of submedian depressions prominent (Fig. 5 B). A pair of ventral setae 25 – 32 μm long, mediolateral to vasiform orifice, 97 – 107 μm apart in female, 75 – 80 μm apart in male. Thoracic tracheal folds present, without stipples (Figs 5 C, 7 B). Caudal tracheal fold with a few small tubercles only on the pigmented area (Figs 5 D, 7 C). Antennae extending laterally across prothoracic legs, reaching near base of prothoracic legs, 87 – 112 μm long in female, 80 – 85 μm long in male (including keel in both). Chaetotaxy. Cephalic setae (Fig. 4 H) and first abdominal setae (Figs 4 I, 6 D) present, eighth abdominal setae located cephalolateral to vasiform orifice (Figs 4 K, 6 F), all lanceolate, 2 – 4 μm long. Caudal setae absent. Submarginal setae lanceolate, 12 pairs, 4 pairs on cephalothorax and 8 pairs on abdomen, 7 – 13 μm long.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	biology_ecology	Host plant. A woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus Kurz ex Hook. f. & Thomson (Annonaceae).	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman Islands, Ferargunj forests.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is made of the Latin noun in apposition ‘ flos ’ meaning ‘ flower ’, referring to the flower-like appearance of puparia in life.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. INDIA: puparium, ♀; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, South Andaman, Port Blair, Ferargunj forests; one puparium on slide, on Artabotrys speciosus; 24 January 2021; 11 º 44 ′ 11.53 ′′ N, 92 º 39 ′ 13.90 ′′ E; A. K. Dubey (Deposited in the ZSI, Headquarter, Kolkata, India). Paratypes. Forty puparia (♀ 33, ♂ 7) on 15 slides, data same as for the holotype (14 slides deposited in the ZSI, Kolkata and one slide bearing one puparium in the National Forest Insect Collection, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun), and two female puparia on card used in SEM analysis (same data as holotype, ZSI, Kolkata).	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
6A32246CFF89D83F728BFF387F367BC9.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Some of the male puparia have dark pores, possibly due to less bleaching. The intersegmental sutures and depressions are faint on the cephalothoracic and anterior abdominal segments: on the ventral surface, only the submedian depressions are prominent, and on the dorsal surface, only a few abdominal segment sutures. The minute, lanceolate first abdominal setae are much clearer on the SEM image (Fig. 6 F) than on slide mounted puparia. Female colonies were more numerous than male colonies. Female puparia are broadly oval whereas male puparia are smaller, narrowly oval in shape, and both male and female puparia groups were found on separate leaves of the host plant. This phenomenon was not reported earlier, and is considered here as the first observation.	en	Dubey, Anil Kumar, Evans, Gregory A. (2025): Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620 (2): 379-388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10
