Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha)
Author
Victor
Author
Eastop, F.
Author
Blackman, Roger L.
text
Zootaxa
2005
1089
1
36
journal article
37165
10.5281/zenodo.273344
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Macrosiphum cockerelli
Hottes 1950
=
Macrosiphum rudbeckiarum
(Cockerell 1903)
Hottes (1949)
gave a very full description of an aphid from
Rudbeckia
that he identified as
Macrosiphum rudbeckiarum
(Cockerell)
. However,.
Hottes (1950)
subsequently applied the name
M. cockerelli
to his aphid, in deference to M.A. Palmer, who had pointed out to him that the
type
alata of
rudbeckiarum
had fewer rhinaria. However there are no other significant differences, and no alatae with such low rhinarial numbers have since been collected, so it is highly unlikely that there are two separate species.