Zaphanerini

Manzari, Shahab & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2006, A cladistic analysis of whiteflies, subfamily Aleyrodinae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), Journal of Natural History 40 (44 - 46), pp. 2423-2554 : 2455

Tribe Zaphanerini

This tribe was proposed by David (1990) for Zaphanera , (Appendix A). Five species of this genus including the type-species, Z. cyanotis Corbett , were included in the present study. These formed two separate monophyletic clades which were supported by relatively high Jacknife values ( Figure 13). The African and oriental species ( Z. capparis Bink-Moenen and Z. cyanotis , respectively) were recovered in one, and the three Australian species in another ( Figures 13 and 14). Thus, the Australian species ( Z. niger (Maskell) , Z. papyrocarpae Martin , and Z. rhachisreticulata Martin ) do not appear to be congeneric with the type-species and a new genus needs to be erected for them (see ‘‘Nomenclatural changes’’).