Mollitrichosiphum Suenaga from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae), with the description of one new species Author Zhang, Dong Author Qiao, Gexia text Zootaxa 2010 2608 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.197753 779898d0-f0ad-4f5e-8e0d-adddba683374 1175-5326 197753 Mollitrichosiphum ( Metatrichosiphon ) rhusae Ghosh ( Figures 8 , 12 d, e) Mollitrichosiphum ( Metatrichosiphon ) rhusae Ghosh, 1974 : 168 . Mollitrichosiphum ( Metatrichosiphon ) rhusae Ghosh : Raychaudhuri & Chatterjee, 1980 : 357 ; Ghosh & Agarwala, 1993 : 294 ; Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997 : 177 . Material examined. China , Fujian : Mt. Wuyi, 4.vii.2003 , No. 14405, 1 apterous viviparous female and 1 alate viviparous female on Castanea sp. (X.L. Huang). China , Hainan : Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 1050m , 29.iii.2006 , No. 18508, 6 apterous viviparous females on Helicia hainanensis ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 800m , 30.iii.2006 , No. 18511, 6 apterous viviparous females on Helicia hainanensis ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 800m , 30.iii.2006 , No. 18514, 4 apterous viviparous nymphs on Helicia hainanensis ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 800m , 30.iii.2006 , No. 18513, 3 apterous viviparous females and 2 alate viviparous females on Fagaceae ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 929m , 13.xii.2007 , No. 20858, 6 apterous viviparous females on Meliaceae (X. Y . Wang) ; Mt. Wuzhi, alt. 727m , 7.xii.2007 , No. 20811, on 1 apterous viviparous female Fagaceae (X. Y . Wang) . FIGURE 8. Mollitrichosiphum ( Metatrichosiphon ) rhuase Ghosh , apterous viviparous female: a. dorsal view of head; b. antennal segment III; c. antennal segment VI; d. ultimate rostral segment; e. mesosternal furca; f. hind tibia, tarsi and claws; g. dorsal hair of body; h. siphunculus; i. cauda; j. anal plate; k. genital plate. l. Alate viviparous female. l. antennal segment III. Scale bars =0.10mm. Distribution . China (Fujian, Hainan), India . Host plants. Rhus sp. ( Anacardiaceae ), Helicia hainanensis (Proteaceae) , Castanea sp. ( Fagaceae ) and Meliaceae . Comments . Here newly recorded from China , the specimens have been identified using the keys given by Ghosh (1974) and Ghosh & Agarwala (1993) . They appear conspecific with M . ( Me. ) rhusae Ghosh , although some biometric data are slightly different. For example, antennae slightly longer, 1.46–1.74 mm long ( 1.26- 1.65 mm long from India ); siphunculi 1.25-1.59 mm long ( 1.06-1.40 mm long from India ).