Macromyzus Takahashi (Hemiptera, Aphididae), a generic account, description of one new species, and keys to species
Author
Su, Xiao-Mei
Author
Qiao, Ge-Xia
text
Zootaxa
2010
2619
1
13
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.198018
80833b68-3f9b-407e-8625-5319d2c90605
1175-5326
198018
Macromyzus
(
Anthracosiphoniella
)
maculatus
(Basu)
newly recorded from
China
Anthracosiphoniella maculatum
Basu, 1969
: 169
.
Macromyzus
(
Anthracosiphoniella
)
maculatus
(Basu)
:
Raychaudhuri, 1980
: 165
;
Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997
: 108
;
Blackman & Eastop, 2006
: 1191
.
Material examined.
7 apterous viviparous females and 5 alate viviparous females, Sichuan (Emei Mountain),
12 August 1936
, No.
Y
7957, on a kind of fern, coll. Takahashi, R.; 1 apterous viviparous female and 1 apterous nymph, Guangxi (Napo County),
4 April 1998
, No. 11733, on a kind of fern, coll. G.X. Qiao; 4 apterous viviparous females, Tibet (Pailong County, Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon),
2 September 2005
, No. 18393 (2 slides), on a kind of fern, coll. D. Zhang.
Comments.
The species is recognized for the first time in
China
.
Distribution.
China
: Sichuan, Guangxi, Tibet;
India
.
Biology.
The species is associated with
Asplenium esculentum
(Aspleniaceae)
,
Athyrium
sp. (
Polypodiaceae
) and
Dryopteris molle
(Dryopteridaceae)
(
Raychaudhuri, 1980
), and some unidentified ferns. They infest the underside of the fronds of the fern without causing distinct injury. The species reproduces viviparously throughout the year in Darjeeling,
India
. Ants do not attend the aphids (
Basu, 1969
).