Aleyrodes Latreille

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 : 11

Genus Aleyrodes Latreille

Aleyrodes Latreille, 1796: 93 . Type species: Phalaena (Tinea) proletella Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation and monotypy.

Conantulus, Goux, 1988: 64 [Synonymised by Martin, 1999: 53.]

Comments. The genus Aleyrodes currently comprises 33 described species ( Martin & Mound, 2007) with the following combination of characters: cuticle usually pale and smooth, sometimes dusky, showing little dorsal sculpturing; margin crenulated and not modified at thoracic tracheal areas; abdominal segment VII not reduced in length medially ( Fig. 6); vasiform orifice rounded-triangular to cordate; lingula exposed but included within vasiform orifice; caudal furrow usually absent or little-marked (but see discussion of A. bencomiae sp. n.). Aleyrodes is regarded as the correct spelling of this genus but many species were described under Aleurodes and these are regarded as not having changed combination ( Martin & Mound, 2007).