Aleyrodini

Manzari, Shahab & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2006, A cladistic analysis of whiteflies, subfamily Aleyrodinae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), Journal of Natural History 40 (44 - 46), pp. 2423-2554 : 2453

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Aleyrodini
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Tribe Aleyrodini

The Aleyrodini originally comprised 24 genera ( Sampson 1943), and the author added another genus in 1947. Five more genera were added later ( Drews and Sampson 1956; Sampson and Drews 1956) (Appendix A). Of these Aleuromigada Singh is considered as nomina nuda and the name Frauenfeldiella Gomez-Menor View in CoL is not available in Aleyrodidae View in CoL as it is preoccupied in the Cecidomyidae ; the genus is now known as Aleurotuba View in CoL (Mound and Halsay 1978; Tremblay and Iaccarino 1978). There were no specimens available for Hesperaleyrodes View in CoL , Luederwaldtiana , Mexicaleyrodes , Nealeyrodes View in CoL , and Neoaleurodes View in CoL , and Laingiella View in CoL was also omitted from the analysis (see ‘‘Materials and methods’’). Furthermore, Aleurocanthus View in CoL , Aleurotrachelus View in CoL , and Pentaleyrodes View in CoL were transferred to Aleurochantini (see above), but David (1990) later reassigned Aleurotrachelus View in CoL to Aleyrodini . Russell (1947) transferred Aleurotithius View in CoL to Trialeurodini , and David (1990) relocated Acaudaleyrodes View in CoL , Tetraleurodes View in CoL , and Zaphanera View in CoL in Neomaskellini , Tetraleurodini , and Zaphanerini , respectively (see below). Monophyly of Aleyrodini based on Sampson’s classification even excluding Acaudaleyrodes View in CoL , Aleurocanthus View in CoL , Aleurotithius View in CoL , Aleurotrachelus View in CoL , Pentaleyrodes View in CoL , Tetraleurodes View in CoL , and Zaphanera View in CoL was not supported in this study.

Takahashi (1954) placed only five genera from Japan in the Aleyrodini (Appendix A), of which two genera are now considered as synonyms: Odontaleyrodes Takahashi was synonymized with Pealius View in CoL by Martin (1999). This tribal classification, too, failed to be monophyletic. Except Aleyrodes, David (1999) View in CoL transferred all genera placed by Takahashi in Aleyrodini , to Bemisini and placed two more genera in the latter tribe (see Bemisini below).

David’s (1999) classification of Aleyrodini with five genera from India, viz. Aleurocybotus , Aleuromarginatus , Aleurotrachelus , Aleurotulus and Aleyrodes , was not supported by this study.

David BV. 1990. Key to tribes of whiteflies (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) of India. Journal of Insect Science 3: 13 - 17.

Martin JH. 1999. The whitefly fauna of Australia (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), a taxonomic account and identification guide. Technical Paper, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Entomology 38: 1 - 197.

Russell LM. 1947. A classification of the whiteflies of the new tribe Trialeurodini (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Revista de Entomologia, Rio de Janerio 18: 1 - 44.

Sampson WW. 1943. A generic synopsis of the hemipterous superfamily Aleyrodoidea. Entomologica Americana 23: 173 - 223.

Sampson WW, Drews EA. 1956. Keys to the genera of the Aleyrodidae and notes on certain genera (Homoptera: Aleyrodinae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 689 - 697.

Takahashi R. 1954. Key to the tribes and genera of Aleyrodidae of Japan, with descriptions of three new genera and one new species (Homoptera). Insecta Matsumurana 18: 47 - 53.

Tremblay E, Iaccarino FM. 1978. Aleurotuba jelineki (Frauen.) per Aleurotrachelus jelineki (Frauen.) (Homoptera Aleyrodidae) su viburno. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria '' Filippo Silvestri' ', Portici 35: 57 - 66.