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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2013, Vol. 12 Issue (5): 846-852    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60303-2
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Comparative Morphology and Morphometry of Six Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from China
 LI Jing-jing, TANG Qing-bo, BAI Run-e, LI Xiao-min, JIANG Jin-wei, ZHAI Qing , YAN Feng-ming
College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, P.R.China
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摘要  Morphology and morphometry of six biotypes (B, Q, Cv, ZHJ-1, ZHJ-2 and ZHJ-3) of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) from China on cotton plants were studied by using microscopes. Nymphal body sizes and characters were measured and observed, especially on the 4th instar (pupal case), including the vasiform orifice, operculum, lingula, length and thickness of anterior and posterior wax margins, width of thoracic tracheal combs. Adult characters of both sexes were investigated including the body size, compound eyes, antennal segments, vasiform orifice, hind tarsi and genitals. The results indicated that differences of some morphological characters or morphometrics were significant among the six biotypes of B. tabaci in China: (1) Pupal sizes of the exotic biotypes (B and Q) were significantly larger than the indigenous biotypes with the following order as B>Q>ZHJ-1>Cv>ZHJ-3>ZHJ-2; (2) for both male and female adults, sizes of all characters investigated in the invading biotypes (B and Q), especially B, were much larger than those of the indigenous ones.

Abstract  Morphology and morphometry of six biotypes (B, Q, Cv, ZHJ-1, ZHJ-2 and ZHJ-3) of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) from China on cotton plants were studied by using microscopes. Nymphal body sizes and characters were measured and observed, especially on the 4th instar (pupal case), including the vasiform orifice, operculum, lingula, length and thickness of anterior and posterior wax margins, width of thoracic tracheal combs. Adult characters of both sexes were investigated including the body size, compound eyes, antennal segments, vasiform orifice, hind tarsi and genitals. The results indicated that differences of some morphological characters or morphometrics were significant among the six biotypes of B. tabaci in China: (1) Pupal sizes of the exotic biotypes (B and Q) were significantly larger than the indigenous biotypes with the following order as B>Q>ZHJ-1>Cv>ZHJ-3>ZHJ-2; (2) for both male and female adults, sizes of all characters investigated in the invading biotypes (B and Q), especially B, were much larger than those of the indigenous ones.
Keywords:  Bemisia tabaci       biotype       morphology       morphometry       nymph       adult       size       wax margin       vasiform orifice       antennal segments  
Received: 06 September 2012   Accepted:
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30571219) and the China National Key Project for New Trasngenic Biological Variety Development (2009ZX08012-007B).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence YAN Feng-ming, Tel: +86-371-63558172, Fax: +86-371-63558170, E-mail: fmyan@henau.edu.cn   

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LI Jing-jing, TANG Qing-bo, BAI Run-e, LI Xiao-min, JIANG Jin-wei, ZHAI Qing , YAN Feng-ming. 2013. Comparative Morphology and Morphometry of Six Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(5): 846-852.

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