Subfamily Aleurodicinae Quaintance & Baker, 1913
- Aleurodicinae Quaintance, A.L. & Baker, A.C. 1913. Classification of the Aleyrodidae Part I. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Technical Series 27: 1-93 [25].
Type genus:
Aleurodicus Douglas, 1892.
Diagnosis
Puparia with subdorsal compound pores, each of which may bear a central process, be ring-like or agglomerate. Lingula usually large and extending beyond boundary of vasiform orifice and bearing four setae which are usually all stout, sometimes with two setae extremely reduced, or lingula may not bear setae and be entirely or almost entirely accomodated within the vasiform orifice. Legs without adhesion pads, usually each with an apical claw or more rarely, a point. (Martin, 1999)
Diagnosis References
Martin, Jon 1999. The Whitefly fauna of Australia (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae). A taxonomic account and identification guide. Technical Paper No. 38. Canberra : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 38 pp. 1-197 [16]