Trialeurodes, Cockerell, 1902

Hernández-Suárez, Estrella, Martin, Jon H., Gill, Raymond J., Bedford, Ian D., Malumphy, Christopher P., Betancort, J. Alfredo Reyes & Carnero, Aurelio, 2012, 3212, Zootaxa 3212, pp. 1-76 : 30

Genus TRIALEURODES Cockerell

Aleyrodes ( Trialeurodes) Cockerell, 1902: 283 . Type species: Aleurodes pergandei Quantance, 1900 , by original designation. Trialeurodes Cockerell ; Quaintance & Baker, 1915: xi.

Gymnaleurodes Sampson & Drews, 1940: 29 [Synonymised by Sampson, 1943: 209.]

Ogivaleurodes Goux, 1948: 31 [Synonymised by Mound & Halsey, 1978: 205.]

Trialeurodes ( Ericaleyrodes) Rapisarda, 1986: 490 [Synonymised by Martin & Mound, 2007: 46.]

Comments. Trialeurodes , although cosmopolitan, is predominately a New World genus. The genus currently comprises 63 species ( Martin & Mound, 2007) characterised by the following combination of characters: mature puparium with the dorsal surface elevated from leaf and surrounded by a waxy palisade; submargin with glandular papillae; abdominal segment VII much reduced in length medially; vasiform orifice cordate, posteriorly welldefined, lingula partly covered by operculum and with a characteristic lobulate head ( Martin, 1999).