First records of four aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) from Macedonia
Author
Murányi, Dávid
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2018
2018-03-28
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https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2018.17.3
journal article
10.37828/em.2018.17.3
2336-9744
12716819
Lachnus pallipes
(
Hartig, 1841
)
(
Figs 15–19
)
Material examined:
Macedonia
: Southeastern region,
Radoviš
municipality, Plačkovica Mts, brook in a beech forest beneath Beli Kamen resorts, beaten from littoral
Dryopteris sp.
, loc.2017/7,
1335 m
,
N41°44.67’
E22°30.35’
,
5.x.2017
, leg. Péter Juhász, Tibor Kovács, Dávid Murányi: viviparous alate female (AP 41, on slide); Eastern region,
Vinica
municipality, Plačkovica Mts, valley of the Lumen (Lomija) Stream beneath Mt. Lisec, beaten from
Fagus sylvatica
L., loc.2017/8,
1170 m
,
N41°45.85’
E22°30.95’
,
5.x.2017
, leg. Péter Juhász, Tibor Kovács, Dávid Murányi: viviparous alate female (AP 35).
Diagnosis:
Colorful
Lachnus
; wings with distinct pattern, slightly bent cubital veins and Rs cell clear only in the basal third, basal dark stripe wider than following clear stripe; antenna and legs with fine, very long hairs; siphunculi relatively small and pale but surrounded by relatively large sclerite; secondary rhinaria on antennal segments: III 8–10, IV 2, V 1.
Distribution and ecology:
A widespread but uncommon European species, in the Balkans it was known only from
Bulgaria
and
Greece
. This is the first species of the tribe
Lachnini
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1854
reported from
Macedonia
.
Holocyclic and monoecious on
Quercus
and
Fagus
,
usually on older branches and stem but may retreat on roots during summer. Both specimens were found solitary in old beech forest, the one beaten from ferns must be accidental migrant.
Figures 15–19
. Viviparous alate of
Lachnus pallipes
(
Hartig, 1841
)
from Macedonia:
15
– habitus with open wing;
16
– head and thorax, dorsal view;
17
– antennal segments V–VI;
18
– siphunculi;
19
– abdomen in oblique dorsal view. Scale bars 1 mm for Figs. 15–16, 0.5 mm for Fig. 19, 0.1 mm for Figs. 17–18.
Acknowledgements
I am very grateful to
Tibor Kovács
(
Mátra Museum
of the
HNHM
,
Gyöngyös
,
Hungary
)
and
Péter Juhász
(
Hortobágy National Park
Directorate,
Debrecen
,
Hungary
)
,
with whom we carried out the collecting trip in
October 2017
.
Thanks
are due to
Mariusz Kanturski
(
University
of
Silesia
,
Katowice
,
Poland
)
for helpful comments on the manuscript.
The
field work was supported by
János Oláh
(
Sakertour
,
Debrecen
,
Hungary
)
.