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 (Eoessigia) indica
(
David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972
)
Eoessigia indica
David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972
: 35
;
Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers, 1976
: 188
;
Chakrabarti & Medda, 1989
: 133
.
Raychaudhuriella myzaphoides
Chakrabarti, 1978
: 357.
Raychaudhuriella potentillae
Chakrabarti & Maity, 1984
: 202
.
Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) indica
(David, Rajasingh & Narayanan)
:
Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997
: 74
;
Blackman &Eastop, 2006
: 1098
;
Stekolshchikov & Novgorodova, 2010
: 44
.
Specimens examined.
Two apterous viviparous females,
INDIA
: Himachal Pradesh (Manali),
12.v.1969
, on
Cotoneaster
sp., coll. K. Narayanan (BMNH).
Distribution.
India
.
Host plants.
Primary host plants:
Cotoneaster obtusus
and
Cotoneaster
sp.; secondary host plant:
Potentilla
sp.
Biology.
This species is holocyclic and heteroecious, alternating between
Cotoneaster
and
Potentilla
(
Chakrabarti & Medda, 1989
)
. It feeds on upper sides of terminal leaves of
Cotoneaster
near the midrib (
David
et al
. 1972
), and infests the under surfaces of leaves of
Potentilla
without ant-attendance (
Chakrabarti & Maity, 1984
).