煙草粉蝨(Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius, 1889))在100年前被命名描述後,目前已成為亞熱帶以及熱帶地區的重要害蟲。由於國際間植物產品的快速流通以及人類活動而導致其全面地擴散,加以此蟲具適應新寄主植物以及地理區之能力,使其分布於除極地之外的泛世界各地。目前已有超過900種以上的寄主植物被記錄,對農業甚至溫室產業產生嚴重的衝擊。從世界各地發現的生物小種可以看出此蟲正處於快速進化過程的種群(species complex),包括許多生物小種(biotypes)、煙草粉蝨以及銀葉粉蝨(B. argentifolii Bellows and Perring)兩種及其他已被命名的隱匿種(cryptic species)等。本報告整理煙草粉蝨的歷史記錄、同種異名、寄主植物以及地理分布,並比較世界地理區各族群。列出族群之間的相似以及相異處,並加入台灣本地族群的資料,而將煙草種群歸納為7類群,最後並提出未來之研究方向與展望。
Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) was first described over 100 years ago and has become one of the most important globally distributed pests, especially in subtropical and tropical areas. Increases of plant trade and human activities have led to this insect spreading in the world. So far over 900 host plants have been recorded. This insect causes a great impact in agriculture, even in greenhouse production systems. B. tabaci has a high adaptability to its host plants and geographical regions, and has now been reported from all continents except Antarctica. Their biotypes have been identified in various areas in the world which suggests that B. tabaci is undergoing evolutionary change and becoming a species-complex including many biotypes and cryptic species, B. tabaci, B. argentifolii Bellows and Perring, and others. This paper summarizes the historical records, synonyms, host plants, and geographical distributions of B. tabaci, and compares the described populations from various geographical areas in the world. By comparing similarities and differences among populations including those in Taiwan, seven distinct groups of the B. tabaci species complex are proposed. Finally, we remark on future prospects for the study of the B. tabaci species complex.