Metabemisia Takahashi

Wang, Ji-Rui & Du, Yu-Zhou, 2016, Description of a new species of Metabemisia Takahashi, 1963 from China (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae), ZooKeys 604, pp. 41-48 : 42

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Aleyrodidae

Metabemisia Takahashi

Metabemisia Takahashi, 1963: 52. Type species: Metabemisia distylii , by monotypy.

Diagnosis.

Puparium elliptical, with a single row of submarginal setae, Metabemisia distylii and Metabemisia filicis bear ten pairs of submarginal setae while Metabemisia palawana bears 14 pairs. Vasiform orifice elongate-cordate to triangular, much longer than wide, the trapezoidal operculum occupying about half of orifice ( Takahashi 1963; Martin and Camus 2001). This genus resembles Parabemisia Takahashi in the shape of puparium and the presence of a row of submarginal setae, but can be distinguished by the lingula wanting lateral tubercles and in the presence of caudal tracheal cleft. It also resembles Neomaskellia Quaintance & Baker, but differ in the characters of vasiform orifice.