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
).