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<mods:title>Micromyzusplatycerii sp. n. (Hemiptera, Aphididae) - a new fern-feeding aphid species from Thailand</mods:title>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Aphididae</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/2B599791-2ED2-4D4B-AC09-1A2E8A1AAB11" authority="Mroz & Depa" class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus platycerii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycerii">
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Micromyzus platycerii
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Mróz">Mroz</normalizedToken>
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& Depa
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="1" pageNumber="50">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="50" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Etymology.</paragraph>
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Named after its host plant, from which it was collected:
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<taxonomicName class="Polypodiopsida" family="Polypodiaceae" genus="Platycerium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Platycerium coronarium" order="Polypodiales" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="coronarium">Platycerium coronarium</taxonomicName>
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(Konig) Desv.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The species belongs to the genus
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Micromyzus</taxonomicName>
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, because its alate female has dark-bordered wing veins and strongly curved radial sector. The new species differs from other representatives of the genus
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Micromyzus</taxonomicName>
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(including
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus katoi" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="katoi">Micromyzus katoi</taxonomicName>
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sensu
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<bibRefCitation author="Eastop, VF" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Zoology" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" pagination="399 - 392" title="A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera)." url="10.1071/ZO9660399" volume="14" year="1966">Eastop 1966</bibRefCitation>
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) by:
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="50">
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longer siphunculi: 2.57-3.08 of cauda vs. less than 2.4 in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus katoi" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="katoi">Micromyzus katoi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus vandergooti" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vandergooti">Micromyzus vandergooti</taxonomicName>
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different ratio of VIa/VIb: apterae 3.87-4.29 (but alatae: 4.54-4.75) vs. 4.4-6.0 in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus katoi" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="katoi">Micromyzus katoi</taxonomicName>
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;
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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ratio of siphunculus length/diameter of siphunculus in the middle: apterae: 8.17-8.98, alatae 7.04-8.86 vs. 5-8 in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus katoi" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="katoi">Micromyzus katoi</taxonomicName>
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sensu Eastop, 1966;
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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lack of dorsal sclerotisation vs. dorsal sclerotic crossbars in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus diervillae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diervillae">Micromyzus diervillae</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus mawphlangensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mawphlangensis">Micromyzus mawphlangensis</taxonomicName>
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;
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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pale cauda vs. dark cauda in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus niger" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="niger">Micromyzus niger</taxonomicName>
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;
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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pale tibiae vs. dark tibiae in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus osmundae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="osmundae">Micromyzus osmundae</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus nikkoensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nikkoensis">Micromyzus nikkoensis</taxonomicName>
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;
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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higher number of accessory hairs on ultimate rostral segment than in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus pojanii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pojanii">Micromyzus pojanii</taxonomicName>
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;
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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lower number of secondary rhinaria on antennal segment III than in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus hangzhouensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hangzhouensis">Micromyzus hangzhouensis</taxonomicName>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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The following key may be applied, which is a modification of the last part of the key to apterae on
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Araceae" genus="Polypodium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Polypodium" order="Alismatales" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Polypodium</taxonomicName>
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and other fern-feeding aphids from
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<bibRefCitation author="Blackman, RL" journalOrPublisher="Wiley, Chichester" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" title="Aphids on World's herbaceous plants and shrubs" url="http://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info" year="2006">Blackman and Eastop (2006)</bibRefCitation>
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. Using their key,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus platycerii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycerii">Micromyzus platycerii</taxonomicName>
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will run to couplet 52, where the siph./cauda ratio is discriminatory:
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">53</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">57</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">54</td>
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<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">56</td>
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<tr pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" rowspan="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzella davalliae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="davalliae">Micromyzella davalliae</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzella sleonensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sleonensis">Micromyzella sleonensis</taxonomicName>
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<tr pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus pojanii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pojanii">Micromyzus pojanii</taxonomicName>
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<tr pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus mawphlangensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mawphlangensis">Micromyzus mawphlangensis</taxonomicName>
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</td>
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<tr pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">61</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">58</td>
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<tr pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">59</td>
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<tr pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzella kathleenae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kathleenae">Micromyzella kathleenae</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzella sophiae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sophiae">Micromyzella sophiae</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus katoi" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="katoi">Micromyzus katoi</taxonomicName>
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group
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus vandergooti" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vandergooti">Micromyzus vandergooti</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" rowspan="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzella filicis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="filicis">Micromyzella filicis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzella pterisoides" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pterisoides">Micromyzella pterisoides</taxonomicName>
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</td>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus platycerii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycerii">Micromyzus platycerii</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="52">Descriptions.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="52">Apterous viviparous female (Fig. 1) (measurements based on 6 specimens). Body in life brown, with reddish eyes. Body 2.16-2.68 mm long (incl. cauda), weakly pigmented. Head weakly sclerotised, with sparse and minute spicules on well developed, diverging frontal tubercles (Fig. 2). Antenna 6 segmented, 2.96-3.23 mm long, 1.20-1.26 of body length, covered with short setae, shorter than basal diameter of antennal segment III. Antennal segments I and II dusky, antennal segment III pale, with darker tip and 1- 2 secondary rhinaria on basal part, 0.68-0.81 mm long; antennal segment IV darker towards the end, 0.61-0.72 mm long; antennal segment V dark, 0.42-0.51 mm long; antennal segment VI dark, VIa: 0.17-0.19 mm, VIb: 0.74-0.77 mm, ratio VIa/VIb 3.87-4.29. Rostrum 0.71-0.82 mm long, reaching to the hind coxae, 0.28-0.34 of body length, 0.91-1.16 of the length of antennal segment III. Ultimate rostral segment 0.186-0.192 mm long, 1.81-2.00 of the second segment of hind tarsus, with 8-11 accessory setae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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Figure 1. Microscopic slide of the holotype specimen - apterous viviparous female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus platycerii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycerii">Micromyzus platycerii</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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Figures 2-4. Morphological features of apterous viviparous female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus platycerii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycerii">Micromyzus platycerii</taxonomicName>
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: 2 head and rostrum 3 tarsus of hind leg 4 cauda and apex of siphunculus.
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<paragraph lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="3" pageNumber="52">
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Prothorax sclerotised, mesothorax with marginal and spinal sclerites, metathorax with marginal sclerites only. Mesothoracic furca not separated, weakly pigmented.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="53" start="start">Legs</pageBreakToken>
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covered by short, pointed hairs, shorter than the middle diameter of tibia. Distal half of femora dark; tibiae pale except for dark apices, tarsi black. Ventral side of each first tarsal segment with one thick, pointed, peg-like seta and two thinner setae (Fig. 3). Second segment of tarsus 0.096-0.103 mm long.
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="53">Abdomen membranous, with single, very small marginal scleroites, sometimes bearing a small marginal tubercle on abdominal tergite II or III. Small antesiphuncular and bigger postsiphuncular sclerites present. Each tergite with a row of short, pointed setae. Reniform spiracles placed at the posterior end of small scleroits. Siphunculi dark, slightly swollen in the middle, discretely imbricated, with 2-3 rows of distinct imbrications just below the apex (Fig. 4), 0.59-0.69 mm long, 2.57-2.77 of cauda. Subgenital fig broadly elliptical, 0.26-0.31 mm wide, with 2-3 longer setae on its anterior border and a row of shorter setae at its posterior border. Cauda pale, finger-shaped with broader base, 0.22-0.27 mm long, with 4-5 setae (Fig. 4).</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="54" pageId="4" pageNumber="53">
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Alate viviparous female (Fig. 5) (measurements based on 2 specimens). Body in life brown, 1.95-1.97 mm long (incl. cauda). Head sclerotised, dark and smooth, with low, divergent frontal tubercles, only delicately imbricated; covered sparsely with a few short, pointed setae (Fig. 6). Compound eyes well developed, with triommatidium. Antennae 2.63-2.69 mm long, 1.35-1.36 of body length; antennal segments
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–III">I-III</normalizedToken>
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darker than
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<normalizedToken originalValue="IV–VI">IV-VI</normalizedToken>
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. Length of antennal segments: III 0.56-0.59, IV 0.55-0.56, V 0.42-0.43, VIa 0.15-0.17, VIb 0.73-0.76, ratio of VIb/VIa 4.54-4.75. Antennal segment III with 11-14 secondary rhinaria along its entire length (Fig. 7), segment
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<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="54" start="start">covered</pageBreakToken>
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with setae shorter than 0.5 of its basal diameter. Rostrum 0.85-0.90 mm long, 1.43-1.59 of the length of antennal segment III, 0.43-0.46 of body length, reaching past hind coxae. Ultimate rostral segment 0.18-0.19 mm long, 2.00-2.07 of the second segment of hind tarsus, with 8-9 accessory setae.
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<caption pageId="5" pageNumber="54">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="54">
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Figure 5. Microscopic slide of the paratype specimen - alate viviparous female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus platycerii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycerii">Micromyzus platycerii</taxonomicName>
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<caption pageId="5" pageNumber="54">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="54">
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Figures 6-8. Morphological features of alate viviparous female of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Aphididae" genus="Micromyzus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micromyzus platycerii" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycerii">Micromyzus platycerii</taxonomicName>
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: 6 head 7 3rd antennal segment 8 cauda and apex of siphunculus.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="54">Thorax heavily sclerotised. Wings with very dark pigmentation of veins and their borders, especially on proximal cubital vein (Fig. 2). Media of fore wing with two forks. Radial sector strongly curved. Legs dusky, with darker apices of femora and tibiae, covered with short pointed setae. Tarsi dusky, first segment with 3 setae, including one sensory peg-like seta; second segment of hind tarsus 0.09 mm long.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="54">Abdomen membranous, with transverse rows of short, pointed setae and with marginal sclerites only. Antesiphuncular and postsiphuncular sclerites well developed. Reniform spiracles placed at the posterior end of small scleroits. Genital fig broadly oval, 0.23-0.26 mm wide, with two setae on the anterior edge and 4-6 setae on the posterior edge. Siphunculi 0.50-0.51 mm long, 2.60-3.08 of the length of cauda, clavate, slightly swollen in the middle, dusky, with 2-3 rows of distinct imbrications at the apex, just below weakly developed flange (Fig. 8). Cauda finger-shaped, pale, 0.17-0.19 mm long, with 4-5 setae.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="54" type="biology">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="54">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="54">
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The brown, shiny aphids were feeding on young shoots of
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<taxonomicName class="Polypodiopsida" family="Polypodiaceae" genus="Platycerium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Platycerium coronarium" order="Polypodiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="54" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="coronarium">Platycerium coronarium</taxonomicName>
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, in great numbers on the undersides of leaves.
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