Species diversity of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in some regions of Mazandaran province, northern Iran

Upon the conducted surveys on the whiteflies' fauna (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) in Mazandaran province, 17 species, Acaudaleyrodes rachipora Singh, 1931, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, 1915, Aleurolobus marlatti Quaintance, 1903, Aleurolobus moundi David & Subramaniam, 1976, Aleurolobus selangorensis Corbett, 1933, Aleyrodes singularis Danzig, 1966, Bemisia afer Priesner & Hosny, 1934, Bemisia giffardi Kotinsky, 1907, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius, 1889, Bulgarialeurodes cotesii Maskell, 1896, Dialeurodes citri Ashmead, 1885, Dialeurodes kirkaldyi Kotinsky, 1907, Parabemisia myricae Kuwana, 1927, Siphoninus phillyreae Haliday, 1835, Trialeurodes packardi Morrill, 1903, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood, 1856 and Trialeurodes variabilis Quaintance, 1900 were collected and identified. All the determined aleyrodids belong to 10 genera and one subfamily, Aleyrodinae. In this research, in addition to determining of aleyrodids' fauna in Mazandaran province and their host plants, identification key is given for the most important Iranian species. Totally 16 plant families were identified for the whiteflies of Mazandaran which of these, Rutaceae was detected as the host of more species of whiteflies. Aleyrodes singularis and Trialeurodes packardi are new records for the fauna of Mazandaran province.