Fredrick Institute of Plant Protection & Toxicology, Padappai-601 301, Tamil Nadu (India).
*A part of approved Ph.D. thesis submitted by R. Sundararaj to the University of Madras, Madras (Tamil Nadu).
A new genus Kanakarajiella has been erected for the whitefly, Dialeurodes vulgaris Singh. The distinctive characters of this new genus are: pupal case white or light brown; elliptical or oval; margin smooth or crenulate; submargin not separated from dorsal disc; sub dorsum with a row of setae; pores well defined without teeth or fimbriae; folds indicated without stipples; furrows distinct; longitudinal moulting suture reaching margin and transverse moulting suture reaching submargin. Vasiform orifice subcordate to circular, without comb of teeth; operculum large filling the orifice, obscuring the lingula. New combinations for each of the four Indian species of Dialeurodes, viz, D. bossiae David & Subramaniam, D. cardomomi David & Subramaniam, D. pallida Singh, and D. vulgaris Singh have been proposed. Key to the Indian genera of the tribe Dialeurodini Sampson has been provided.
