Review of the aphid genus Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 with descriptions of three new species from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae)
Author
Chen, Jing
Author
Zhang, Bin
Author
Zhu, Xichao
Author
Jiang, Liyun
Author
Qiao, Gexia
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Zootaxa
2015
4028
4
551
576
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.6
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Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) harvensis
Verma, 1967
Aspidophorodon harvensis
Verma, 1967
: 507
;
Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers, 1976
: 96
;
Blackman & Eastop, 1994
: 569
.
Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) harvensis
Verma
:
Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997
: 73
;
Stekolshchikov & Novgorodova, 2010
: 44
.
Specimens examined
.
Paratype
: apterous viviparous female,
INDIA
: Kashmir (Harven),
14.v.1964
, on
Salix
sp., coll. K. D. Verma (BMNH).
Distribution.
India
.
Host plant.
Salix
sp.
Biology.
This species feeds on undersides of leaves of
Salix
, sitting tightly along the veins (
Verma, 1967
). The life cycle is unknown.