Zoological Studies

The Genus Lipaleyrodes Takahashi, a Junior Synonym of Bemisia Quaintance and Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae): A Revision Based on Morphology

Anil Kumar Dubey, Chiun-Cheng Ko, and Baliah Vasantharaj David (2009) As a result of comparative studies of puparial and adult characters of the species of the genus Lipaleyrodes (Takahashi 1962) and Bemisia Quaintance and Baker (1914), the genus Lipaleyrodes is regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Bemisia.  Based on examination of the type specimens and other determined material of all 9 species of Lipaleyrodes so far known, Lipaleyrodes was synonymized with Bemisia.  Bemisia leguminicola (Takahashi) is considered to be a junior synonym of B. breyniae (Singh).  Eight new combinations are proposed.  Bemisia euphorbiae (David and Subramaniam) is a new record for Malaysia.  Puparial diagnostic characteristics of Bemisia are indicated.  Intraspecific variations and similarities among puparia and adults are documented.