GENUS Aleurocanthus (HOMOPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE) WITH TWO NEW RECORDS FROM PAKISTAN

Abstract

The present research was conducted to collect and identify genus Aleurocanthus from Punjab, province of Pakistan, which is situated between 29.24 N to 33.56 N latitude, 70.25E to 74.31 E and 125 to 2291 meter in altitude. It has very broad host range for this genus. Four species viz., A. davidi, A. russellae, A. spiniferus and A. woglumi were identified from the pupal cases mounted on slides. Of these, four species A. davidi, and A. spiniferus are new records for Pakistan. The species are illustrated and described. A key for the identification of species of this genus is also given. These species are severely infesting Acacia nilotica, Mangifera indica, Citrus sp, Eucalyptus citriodora, Morus alba, Jatropha multifida, Terminalia catappa, Putranjiva roxburghii and Syzygium cumini. These species were collected from Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Islamabad, Lahore, Multan and Sialkot. Collection was done randomly throughout the Punjab.