3212 Author Hernández-Suárez, Estrella Author Martin, Jon H. Author Gill, Raymond J. Author Bedford, Ian D. Author Malumphy, Christopher P. Author Betancort, J. Alfredo Reyes Author Carnero, Aurelio text Zootaxa 2012 2012-02-29 3212 1 76 journal article 1175­5334 Bemisia medinae Gómez-Menor ( Figures 18 , 61 , 65 , 72, 73 ) Bemisia ( Roucasia ) medinae Gómez-Menor, 1954: 369 . Bemisia medinae (Gómez-Menor) Danzig, 1964: 326 . Distribution in the Canary Islands : TENERIFE: Barranco del Agua, Barranco Badajoz, Barranco de los Cochinos, Barranco de las Moradas, Erjos, Las Mercedes. LA GOMERA: El Cedro. Elsewhere: known only from the Canarian archipelago. Host plants in the Canary Islands : Ageratina adenophora , Hypericum canariense and Hypericum grandifolium . Comments: This species clearly belongs to the Bemisia afer complex . The puparia possess a distinctive pigmentation pattern ( Fig. 61 ) that Gómez-Menor regarded as an important character. Also, in contrast to other Bemisia afer - group morphs that are usually scattered widely, B. medinae usually occurs in crowded colonies under leaves of the host plant. If it had not already been formally described by Gómez-Menor we would have treated this as another morphological form of B. afer here. Male and female adult body colour and pigmentation are shown in Figs 72 and 73 , respectively. Gómez-Menor described Bemisia medinae from the laurel forest in Tenerife, from an “unknown plant amongst trees of Laurus canariensis [now L. novocanariensis ]”. Type material deposited at MNCN has been studied, as well as duplicate dry plant material. Hypericum grandifolium Choisy (Fam. Hypericaceae ) is endemic in the Canary Islands and Madeira . It is a plant with a very wide altitudinal range (up to 2000 metres) and usually is present in open habitats and the edges of humid juniper-olive woodlands, the evergreen laurisilva and the pine forest. Examination of the original dry plant material suggests that H. grandifolium is the “unknown plant” stated by Gómez-Menor to be the host of B. medinae .