A New Species Of Bemisia (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) From New Zealand

Bemisia flocculosa sp. n. is described from Melicytus obovatus (Violaceae) trees in New Zealand. It is similar in structure to B. tabaci and also to B. capitata, differing from the former in its wax producing habit, the associated wax producing callosity areas, and lingula shape, and from the latter in the lingula shape and lack of capitate setae. In the production of white dorsal wax secretions it resembles species previously placed in Lipaleyrodes, but B. flocculosa produces waxes along the discal/submarginal arc and in the center of the disc, rather than on the submarginal areas.