A new species of the aphid genus Uroleucon from Lebanon, with notes on the systematic positions of U. altaicum, U. bielawskii and U. mulgedii (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Author Kanturski, Mariusz Zoology Research Team, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland Author Barjadze, Shalva Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Giorgi Tsereteli 3, 0162, Tbilisi, Georgia text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-24 4853 4 548 561 journal article 8398 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.4 c64d68a8-b4e8-4d06-af0d-b2ec86ac8a92 1175-5326 4411111 B070AFD0-5474-41F2-8A92-5E6F41584D08 Uroleucon ( Uroleucon ) mongolicum Holman, 1975 ( Figs 1–5 ) Uroleucon mongolicus Holman, 1975: 171 Material examined : HOLOTYPE . apterous viviparous female, MONGOLIA , Čulud , 16.viii.1963 , on Serratula sp., H. Szelegiewicz leg., APH-8540, ZMPA ; PARATYPES . 1 apterous viviparous female, other data as in holotype , APH-8542, ZMPA ; 1 apterous viviparous female, APH-8541, ZMPA ; 1 alate viviparous female, APH-8543, ZMPA ; 1 apterous viviparous female, 198 (2127), IECA ; 1 apterous viviparous female, 198 (2127), IECA ; Darchan, 04.viii.1963 , 2 apterous viviparous females, on Serratula centauroides , H. Szelegiewicz leg., APH-8547, ZMPA ; 1 apterous viviparous female, APH-8548, ZMPA ; 1 apterous viviparous female, APH-8549, ZMPA ; 1 alate viviparous female, APH-8550, ZMPA ; 1 alate viviparous female, 114 (2141), IECA ; 2 apterous viviparous females, 114 (2141), IECA ; Zaisan, 11.viii.1963 , 2 apterous viviparous females, on Serratula centauroides , H. Szelegiewicz leg., APH- 8544, ZMPA ; 1 apterous viviparous female, APH-8545, ZMPA ; 1 alate viviparous female, APH-8546, ZMPA ; 2 apterous viviparous females, 157 (2083), IECA . Remarks: This species has been described thoroughly by Holman (1975) from apterous ( Fig. 1b ) and alate viviparous ( Fig. 1d ) females collected by Henryk Szelegiewicz from three localities in Northern Mongolia. Apart from U. lebanonense , it is also similar to U. pilosellae , which also has 3:3:3 setae on HT I. Uroleucon mongolicum can be distinguished easily from U. pilosellae by the fragmented antesiphuncular sclerites, which may be developed as two or three small sclerites in contrast to the large, crescent–shaped and very well developed presiphuncular sclerites in U. pilosellae . Outside Mongolia, U. mongolicum has been reported from Korea and the Russian far east (as U. mongolicum cardui ) ( Pashchenko 2000 ; Blackman & Eastop 2020 ). FIGURE 4 . Comparison of alate viviparous females main morphological differences: (a) secondary rhinaria on ANT III of Uroleucon lebanonense , (b) secondary rhinaria of ANT III of Uroleucon mongolicum , (c) URS of Uroleucon lebanonense , (d) URS of Uroleucon mongolicum , (e) SIPH of Uroleucon lebanonense , (f) SIPH of Uroleucon mongolicum , (g) cauda of Uroleucon lebanonense , (h) cauda of Uroleucon mongolicum . FIGURE 5 . Abdominal sclerotization of alate viviparous females: (a) Uroleucon lebanonense , (b) Uroleucon mongolicum . FIGURE 6 . Apterous viviparous female of Uroleucon altaicum (Holotype) . FIGURE 7 . Details of morphology of apterous viviparous female of Uroleucon altaicum : (a) ANT III secondary rhinaria, (b) size and shape of secondary rhinaria, (c) ANT VI, (d) abdomen with poorly visible scleroites (solid arrows) and postsiphuncular sclerites (dotted arrows), (e) cauda. TABLE 2 . Morphological differences between Uroleucon ( Lambersius ) altaicum and U. ( L .) mulgedii . Data for U. mulgedii are from Holman (1991) .