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Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Rhachisphora Quaintance & Baker, 1917

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Genus Rhachisphora Quaintance & Baker, 1917

  • Rhachisphora Quaintance, A.L. & Baker, A.C. 1917. A contribution to our knowledge of the whiteflies of the subfamily Aleurodinae (Aleyrodidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51: 335-445 [430] [first introduced as a subgenus of Dialeurodes Cockerell, 1902].
    Type species:
     Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) trilobitoides Quaintance & Baker, 1917 by original designation.
  • Greeniella David, B.V. 1993. The whitefly of Sri Lanka (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Frederick Institute of Plant Protection and Toxicology, Entomological Series 2 3: 1-32 [22] [junior homonym of Greeniella Cockerell, 1897 (Coccoidea, Diaspididae)].
    Type species:
     Rhachisphora capitatis Corbett, 1926 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • 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 [95] (of Greeniella David, 1993)

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Oriental Region

  • Brunei
  • Indonesia
    • Kalimantan
  • Philippines
    • Palawan
  • Sri Lanka

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 [95]

 

General References

Takahashi, R. 1952. Some Malayan species of Aleyrodidae (Homoptera). Mushi 24: 21-27 [22] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement raised to full genus (by inference))