Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 40 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:56:05 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Two new species of Sinolachnus Hille Ris Lambers (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Lachninae) from China https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/110322/ ZooKeys 1182: 135-151

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1182.110322

Authors: Zhao-Xu Li, Jing Chen, Li-Yun Jiang, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: Two new Sinolachnus species from China, Sinolachnus rubusis Qiao & Li, sp. nov. feeding on Rubus sp. from Shaanxi and Sichuan Provinces, and Sinolachnus yunnanensis Qiao & Li, sp. nov. feeding on Elaeagnus sp. from Yunnan Province, are described and illustrated. Keys to Sinolachnus species distributed in China are presented. All examined specimens are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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Research Article Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:00:48 +0300
Two new species of Aphis (Toxoptera) Koch (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from China https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/106518/ ZooKeys 1172: 31-46

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.106518

Authors: Zhentao Cheng, Xiaolei Huang

Abstract: Two new aphid species, Aphis (Toxoptera) fafuensis Cheng & Huang, sp. nov., feeding on Adinandra millettii (Pentaphylacaceae) from Fujian, China, and Aphis (Toxoptera) sennae Cheng & Huang, sp. nov., feeding on Senna bicapsularis (Fabaceae) from Yunnan, China, were described. Morphological characters and molecular data supported the taxonomic position of the new species within the subgenus Aphis (Toxoptera). A key for identifying species of apterous viviparous females in this subgenus is provided.

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Research Article Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:17:52 +0300
Six new species of Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/77912/ ZooKeys 1106: 1-55

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1106.77912

Authors: Ying Xu, Li-Yun Jiang, Jing Chen, Bakhtiyor Rustamovich Kholmatov, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The genus Aspidophorodon Verma is presented including six new species from China namely Aspidophorodon capitatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon longicornutum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon reticulatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon furcatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon longirostre Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. and Aspidophorodon obtusirostre Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon cornuatum Qiao 2015, is considered as a junior synonym of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang Zhong & Zhang 1992), syn. nov. Two species Aspidophorodon harvense Verma and Aspidophorodon indicum (David Rajasingh & Narayanan) are recorded for the first time in China. The genus is mainly distributed in East Asia and is represented by 15 species in the world of which 12 are found in China. Keys to the species of Aspidophorodon are given.

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Research Article Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:01:24 +0300
 Neothelaxes pileata, a new species from China (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Thelaxinae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/72802/ ZooKeys 1076: 1-8

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1076.72802

Authors: Li-Yun Jiang, Xiao-Lu Zhang, Jing Chen, Yi-Fang Zhao, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: Neothelaxes pileata Qiao sp. nov., found on Pilea martinii (Urticaceae) in China, is described and illustrated. Neothelaxes Chakrabarti & Quednau is also a new generic record for China.

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Research Article Wed, 8 Dec 2021 11:30:05 +0200
Review of Mesocallis Matsumura from China (Hemiptera, Aphididae), with one new species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56563/ ZooKeys 1003: 19-30

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1003.56563

Authors: Jing Chen, Li-Yun Jiang, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The aphid genus Mesocallis Matsumura in China is reviewed. A total of seven species are recognised using morphological characteristics, including six known species, Mesocallis (Mesocallis) alnicola Ghosh, M. (Paratinocallis) corylicola (Higuchi), M. (M.) pteleae Matsumura, M. (M.) sawashibae (Matsumura), M. (P.) yunnanensis (Zhang) and M. (M.) taoi Quednau, and one new species, M. (M.) platycaryae Qiao, sp. nov. The new species, collected on Platycarya strobilacea (Juglandaceae) in Anhui Province, China, is described and illustrated. A key to Mesocallis species from China is presented.

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Research Article Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:11:11 +0200
New data on the aphid (Hemiptera, Aphididae) fauna of New Caledonia: some new biosecurity threats in a biodiversity hotspot https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47785/ ZooKeys 943: 53-89

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.943.47785

Authors: Christian Mille, Hervé Jourdan, Sylvie Cazères, Eric Maw, Robert Foottit

Abstract: Thirty-three species of aphids are now established in New Caledonia. All species appear to have been introduced accidentally by human activity in the last century. Here, 17 aphid species are recorded for the first time: Aphis eugeniae, Aphis glycines, Aphis odinae, Aulacorthum solani, Brachycaudus helichrysi, Cerataphis orchidearum, Greenidea psidii, Hyperomyzus carduellinus, Hysteroneura setariae, Lipaphis pseudobrassicae, Micromyzus katoi, Myzus ornatus, Pentalonia caladii, Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae, Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale, Schizaphis rotundiventris, and Tetraneura fusiformis. Thirteen more species are also more or less regularly intercepted at the borders through biosecurity surveys, without further establishment. This demonstrates that aphids represent a major biosecurity threat, including a threat as potential plant virus vectors. The reinforcement of biosecurity is a priority for such biodiversity hotspots, from the perspectives of both agriculture and the native environment. Prioritisation and promotion of local development of vegetable and fruit production, rather than their risky importation from abroad, is desirable. Such an approach also should be promoted and extended to other Pacific islands, which all share the lack of native aphid fauna and their associated plant disease vector risks.

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Checklist Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:48:12 +0300
A molecular study of Neophyllaphis varicolor (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Costa Rica https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/35213/ ZooKeys 865: 123-135

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.865.35213

Authors: Adonay Zúñiga-Centeno, Izayana Sandoval-Carvajal, Mauricio Montero-Astúa, William Villalobos-Muller, Nguyễn Bảo Quốc, Nicolás Pérez Hidalgo

Abstract: The genus Neophyllaphis (Takahashi) (Aphididae: Neophyllaphidinae) is composed of 18 species; however, in the Americas only nine species have been reported previously. A new species, Neophyllaphis varicolor Miller & Halbert, was described in 2014 in USA. Colonies resembling those of this new species have been observed in Costa Rica on Podocarpus spp. In order to determine if N. varicolor is also present in Costa Rica, we sampled Neophyllaphis colonies from Podocarpus falcatus and P. chinensis. Additionally, we sampled individuals from Podocarpus sp. in Spain and Vietnam. DNA of each sample was extracted and used to amplify and sequence the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and elongation factor I (EF-1α) partial regions. According to morphological characteristics, sequences comparisons done in GenBank and BOLD, and phylogenetic analyses, the colonies collected from Podocarpus spp. in Costa Rica and the colony from Vietnam corresponded to the species N. varicolor. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of the presence of N. varicolor in Central America and Vietnam.

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Research Article Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:14:30 +0300
Molecular and morphological evidence for the identity of two nominal species of Astegopteryx (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/30592/ ZooKeys 833: 59-74

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.833.30592

Authors: Qiang Li, Jiamin Yao, Lingda Zeng, Xiaolan Lin, Xiaolei Huang

Abstract: The morphology of many insect species is usually influenced by environmental factors and therefore high phenotypic variation exists even within a species. This causes difficulty and uncertainty in species taxonomy, which can be remedied by using molecular data and integrative taxonomy. Astegopteryx bambusae and A. bambucifoliae are currently regarded as two closely related aphid species with similar bamboo hosts and overlapping distributions in the oriental region. However, in practice it is hard to distinguish between them. By incorporating molecular data from four mitochondrial and nuclear genes as well as morphological information from an extensive collection of live specimens, the present study indicates that A. bambucifoliae is a junior synonym of A. bambusae. The data also indicate that large-scale geographic patterns of population differentiation may exist within this species.

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Research Article Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:30:23 +0200
Ericaphis voegtlini, a new, unusual aphid species from the USA (Hemiptera, Aphididae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/28006/ ZooKeys 785: 133-143

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.785.28006

Authors: Shalva Barjadze, Andrew S. Jensen, Mariusz Kanturski

Abstract: Ericaphis voegtlini sp. n. living on Chamaebatia foliolosa (Rosaceae) in California is described based on apterous and alate viviparous females. The new species differs from all other species of the genus Ericaphis Börner, 1939 in several important morphological characters including very long and rigid dorsal setae and distinctly swollen siphunculi with clearly visible polygonal reticulation.

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Research Article Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:46:45 +0300
Molecular data and species diagnosis in Essigella Del Guercio, 1909 (Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Lachninae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/24144/ ZooKeys 765: 103-122

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.765.24144

Authors: Thomas Théry, Mariusz Kanturski, Colin Favret

Abstract: Morphological and molecular data are used to describe three new species of Essigella (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae: Lachninae): Essigella domenechi sp. n., Essigella gagnonae sp. n., and Essigella sorenseni sp. n.; and to re-establish as valid Essigella patchae Hottes, 1957, stat. n., until now considered a synonym of E. pini Wilson, 1919. The catalogue of Essigella species is updated. This study highlights the need and utility to use discreet DNA characters in aphid species diagnoses.

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Research Article Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:26:56 +0300
A review of the genus Takecallis Mastumura in Korea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera, Aphididae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/23140/ ZooKeys 748: 131-149

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.748.23140

Authors: Yerim Lee, Seunghwan Lee

Abstract: The aphid genus, Takecallis Mastumura, 1917, was reviewed from Korea. Four species, T. alba Y. Lee, sp. n., T. arundicolens (Clarke), T. arundinariae (Essig), and T. taiwana (Takahashi), are recognized in Korea and morphological and molecular evidence are presented. Species descriptions and illustrations are given for the four species. A key to Korean species and the results of COI sequence analyses are also provided.

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Research Article Thu, 5 Apr 2018 19:02:28 +0300
Two new species of the genus Aphis (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from Chile on host species of Alstroemeriaceae and Ericaceae https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/21966/ ZooKeys 738: 37-45

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.738.21966

Authors: Sara I. López Ciruelos, Paul A. Brown, Juan M. Nieto Nafría

Abstract: Specimens from Southern Chile belonging to two undescribed aphid species held at the Natural History Museum in London have been studied. Aphis luzuriagae sp. n. collected on Luzuriaga radicans and on other unidentified Luzuriaga species (Alstroemeriaceae) is described from apterous and alate viviparous females. Aphis gaultheriae sp. n. collected on Gaultheria mucronata (Ericaceae) is described from apterous viviparous females. Taxonomic peculiarities of both species are discussed.

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Research Article Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:04:54 +0200
New records of an alien aphid species Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis from countries in central and northern Europe (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Calaphidinae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/21599/ ZooKeys 730: 1-17

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.730.21599

Authors: Mariusz Kanturski, Yerim Lee, Łukasz Depa

Abstract: The aphid genus Tinocallis Matsumura, 1919 (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Calaphidinae) in central and northern Europe is reviewed; it includes four species. The first records of the Asian elm aphid Tinocallis takachihoensis Higuchi, 1972 are reported from the Czech Republic, Denmark, and Poland. The record in Denmark is the first in Scandinavia. Alate viviparous females and nymphs of T. takachihoensis were collected from Ulmus glabra “Pendula” (the Czech Republic and Poland) and from U. minor (Denmark) in 2017. Tinocallis takachihoensis is the fourth Tinocallis species to be recorded from Poland and together with two other species from the subgenus Sappocallis, T. nevskyi and T. saltans, is a species of alien origin. The alate viviparous females are reviewed and re-described and their affinities and distribution in central and northern Europe are discussed. A key to the European species of Tinocallis based on the characters of live and slide-mounted specimens is also given.

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Research Article Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:48:06 +0200
Sexual morphs of Pterocomma tremulae Börner, 1940 (Aphididae, Aphidinae) with description of male reproductive system https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/14493/ ZooKeys 686: 125-136

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.686.14493

Authors: Agnieszka Nowińska, Ewa Mróz, Łukasz Depa

Abstract: Paper presents the first description of the so far unknown sexual generation of Pterocomma tremulae (Aphididae, Aphidinae): oviparous female and alate male. It also provides detailed description of the male reproductive system. Discussion focuses on comparative analysis of male reproductive system with other aphid groups and possible importance of its structure in resolving phylogenetic interrelationships within the genus Pterocomma. A key is provided to the known males of European Pterocomma species.

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Research Article Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:58:43 +0300
Rediscovering digitules in Aphidomorpha and the question of homology among Sternorrhyncha (Insecta, Hemiptera) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/10100/ ZooKeys 683: 39-50

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.683.10100

Authors: Mark A. Metz, Douglass R. Miller, Aaron M. Dickey, Gary R. Bauchan, Ronald Ochoa, Michael J. Skvarla, Gary L. Miller

Abstract: We explore and expand on the morphological term digitule. The term was originally proposed for toe-like setae on a species of Phylloxera Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834 (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphidomorpha) by Henry Shimer, an American naturalist. While it is standard terminology in scale systematics (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccidomorpha), the term digitule was ignored by aphid specialists despite being the original taxon for which the term was described. Similar setae occur on many arthropod groups, so the homology is poorly understood even within any superfamily of Hemiptera. We provide the etymology of the term, a proposed explanation for why it was used among scale taxonomists and not aphid taxonomists, and discuss briefly options to progress beyond the confusion between terminology for morphology and homology in Sternorrhyncha.

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Research Article Thu, 6 Jul 2017 16:42:01 +0300
Delfinoia, a new South American aphid genus (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Macrosiphini) on Cayaponia (Cucurbitaceae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12247/ ZooKeys 671: 49-60

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.671.12247

Authors: Juan M. Nieto Nafría, M. Pilar Mier Durante, Sara I. López Ciruelos

Abstract: The genus Delfinoia Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante gen. n. is established, and Utamphorophora peruviana (Essig), originally Amphorophora peruviana and currently Delfinoia peruviana comb. n., is designated species type of the genus. The synonymy between this species and Wahlgreniella australis Delfino syn. n. is established. Apterous and alate viviparous females of D. peruviana are redescribed; the male is also described. The species is currently known from Peru and Argentina; a plant of the genus Cayaponia (Cucurbitaceae) is the only identified host.

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Research Article Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:05:55 +0300
DNA barcoding and species delimitation of Chaitophorinae (Hemiptera, Aphididae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/11440/ ZooKeys 656: 25-50

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.656.11440

Authors: Xi-Chao Zhu, Jing Chen, Rui Chen, Li-Yun Jiang, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: Chaitophorinae aphids are widespread across Eurasia and North America, and include some important agricultural and horticultural pests. So, accurate rapid species identification is very important. Here, we used three mitochondrial genes and one endosymbiont gene to calculate and analyze the genetic distances within different datasets. For species delimitation, two distance-based methods were employed, threshold with NJ (neighbor-joining) and ABGD (Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery), and two tree-based approaches, GMYC (General Mixed Yule Coalescent) and PTP (Poisson Tree Process). The genetic interspecific divergence was clearly larger than the intraspecific divergence for four molecular markers. COI and COII genes were found to be more suitable for Chaitophorinae DNA barcoding. For species delimitation, at least one distance-based method combined with one tree-based method would be preferable. Based on the data for Chaitophorus saliniger and Laingia psammae, DNA barcoding may also reveal geographical variation.

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Research Article Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:03:47 +0200
Macrosiphoniella remaudierei, a new species of aphid on Helichrysum in Iran (Hemiptera, Aphididae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/9329/ ZooKeys 640: 69-78

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.640.9329

Authors: Sebastiano Barbagallo, Juan M. Nieto Nafría

Abstract: A new species of aphid, belonging to the genus Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio, 1911, is described using three samples collected in Iran on Helichrysum armenium (Asteraceae, Inuleae) by the late Prof. G. Remaudière. Both apterous and alate viviparous females of the new taxon, M. remaudierei sp. n., are described and compared to corresponding morphs of the closely allied M. aetnensis and to other congeneric aphid species on Helichrysum in the Palaearctic region. Type specimens are now stored in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.

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Research Article Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:03:14 +0200
Review of Parathoracaphis Takahashi, 1958 with description of a new species from China (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/10205/ ZooKeys 623: 61-73

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.623.10205

Authors: Jing Chen, Li-Yun Jiang, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The aphid genus Parathoracaphis Takahashi, 1958 is reviewed. Parathoracaphis spinapilosa sp. n., found on Quercus sp. and on an unidentified species of Fagaceae in China is described and illustrated. A generic diagnosis and a key to Parathoracaphis species are presented.

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Research Article Tue, 11 Oct 2016 20:00:00 +0300
Yamatochaitophorus yichunensis, a new species of aphid (Aphididae: Chaitophorinae) from northeast China https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/7873/ ZooKeys 612: 41-49

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.612.7873

Authors: Li-Yun Jiang, Jing Chen, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: Yamatochaitophorus yichunensis sp. n. is described from specimens collected in northeast China on Acer tegmentosum (Aceraceae). Yamatochaitophorus is also a new generic record for China. Type specimens are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (NZMC) and the Natural History Museum, London, UK (BMNH).

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Research Article Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:00:00 +0300
Congruence between cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and morphological data in Anuraphis spp. (Hemiptera, Aphididae) with a comparison between the utility of the 5’ barcode and 3’ COI regions https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/6081/ ZooKeys 529: 123-144

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.529.6081

Authors: Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza, Silvia Di Silvestro, Rosanna Giordano, Carmelo Rapisarda

Abstract: The discrimination of species in the genus Anuraphis is particularly difficult due to the overlap of morphological characters. In this study, we used the 5’ (barcode) and 3’ regions of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) to test their utility in the identification of species in this genus as well as closely related species. Both regions were useful to discriminate all the species tested. However the non-barcode 3’ region resulted in higher resolution and support for species relationships when the data were analyzed using both Maximum Likelihood and MrBayes. We propose the development of an integrated database that encompasses morphological, molecular, life-cycle, host plant and bibliographic information to facilitate and increase the accuracy of aphid identification.

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Research Article Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:50:51 +0200
A new species of Mollitrichosiphum Suenaga from Taiwan Island (Hemiptera, Aphididae), based on morphological characteristics and DNA sequences https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/6075/ ZooKeys 524: 45-63

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.524.6075

Authors: Jiang LY, Jing Chen, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: A new species of Mollitrichosiphum Suenaga, Mollitrichosiphum tumorisiphum Qiao & Jiang, sp. n., from Fagus longipetiolata in Taiwan island is described. Siphunculi of M. tumorisiphum in alatae are distinctly swollen on the distal part, unlike those of the other known species in the genus. Updated keys to apterous and alate viviparous females of all known Chinese species of Mollitrichosiphum are provided. The specimens studied are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.

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Research Article Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:01:08 +0300
Micromyzus platycerii sp. n. (Hemiptera, Aphididae) – a new fern-feeding aphid species from Thailand https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4275/ ZooKeys 456: 49-57

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.456.8598

Authors: Ewa Mróz, Łukasz Depa, Taksin Artchawakom, Jacek Gorczyca

Abstract: A new fern-feeding aphid species, Micromyzus platycerii, collected in Sakaerat Research Station in Thailand, is described.

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Research Article Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0200
A new species of Atheroides Haliday (Hemiptera, Aphididae) native to North America https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4218/ ZooKeys 452: 35-50

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.452.8089

Authors: Gary L. Miller, Andrew S. Jensen, Mark A. Metz, Robert R. Parmenter

Abstract: We report and describe the first species of Atheroides Haliday presumed to be native to North America, collected at the Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, USA. We hypothesize its placement among the Siphini based on morphological, phylogenetic analysis and extend the distribution of the genus to the Holoarctic. We expand the key of the known Atheroides to include the new species and discuss the current hypotheses of the geographic distribution of the type species, Atheroides serrulatus Haliday.

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Research Article Tue, 4 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0200
Two more new species of Aphidura (Hemiptera, Aphididae), and a note on variation in Aphidura bozhkoae Narzikulov https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3953/ ZooKeys 425: 113-129

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.425.7797

Authors: Juan M. Nieto Nafría, Roger Blackman, Jon Martin

Abstract: Two new species of Aphidura Hille Ris Lambers, 1956 (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Macrosiphini) are described; Aphidura libanensis sp. n. from Prunus prostrata in Lebanon, and Aphidura corsicensis sp. n. from Cerastium soleirolii in Corsica (France). Studies of Aphidura bozhkoae specimens from different localities have revealed that this species varies in its pattern of dorsal sclerotisation and other morphological characters, within and between populations. An updated key for identifying the world’s species of Aphidura is presented.

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Research Article Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0300
Mitochondrial COI and morphological evidence for host specificity of the black cherry aphids Myzus cerasi (Fabricius, 1775) collected from different cherry tree species in Europe (Hemiptera, Aphididae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3524/ ZooKeys 388: 1-15

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.388.7034

Authors: Rimantas Rakauskas, Jekaterina Havelka, Audrius Zaremba, Rasa Bernotienė

Abstract: Partial sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene of forty eight European and two Turkish population samples of Myzus cerasi from different winter hosts (Prunus spp.) were subjected to phylogenetic analyses. The analysed M. cerasi samples emerged as paraphyletic relative to a Myzus borealis sample used as an out-group, and formed two major clades in neighbor joining, maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference trees, corresponding to subspecies living specifically on Prunus avium and P. cerasus. Multivariate discriminant analysis (method of canonical variates) was applied to find out if morphological variation of samples correlated with mitochondrial COI and host plant information. Mean scores on the first two canonical variables clustered samples fully in accordance with their COI haplotypes and host plants confirming the existence of two morphologically similar winter host - specific subspecies of M.cerasi in Europe. No single morphological character enabled satisfactory discrimination between apterous viviparous females of the two subspecies. A three-character linear discriminant function enabled 92.37% correct identification of apterous viviparous females of M. cerasi cerasi (n=118) and 93.64% of M. cerasi pruniavium (n=110). A key for the morphological identification of the two subspecies is presented and their taxonomic status is discussed.

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Research Article Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0200
A new genus and species of Macrosiphini (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from China, living on Isodon eriocalyx https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3622/ ZooKeys 359: 1-12

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.359.6219

Authors: Bin Zhang, Ya-Meng Lou, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The aphid genus Nigritergaphis gen. n. is described, and N. crassisetosa sp.n. on Isodon eriocalyx (Dunn) Kudô (Lamiaceae) from Yunnan, China is described and illustrated. The new species curls and distorts the leaves of this important traditional Chinese medicinal plant, and is evidently specific to this host. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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Research Article Thu, 5 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0200
Aphids (Hemiptera, Aphididae) on ornamental plants in greenhouses in Bulgaria https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3406/ ZooKeys 319: 347-361

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.319.4318

Authors: Mariya Yovkova, Olivera Petrović-Obradović, Elena Tasheva, Aneliya Pencheva

Abstract: Investigations on the species composition and host range of aphids on ornamental greenhouse plants in Bulgaria was conducted over a period of five years, from 2008 to 2012. Twenty greenhouses, growing ornamentals for landscaping, plant collections and other purposes were observed. They were located in the regions of Sofia, Plovdiv, Smolyan, Pavlikeni, Varna and Burgas. The total number of collected aphid samples was 279. Their composition included 33 aphid species and one subspecies from 13 genera and 5 subfamilies. Twenty-eight species were found to belong to subfamily Aphidinae. Almost 70 % of all recorded species were polyphagous. The most widespread aphid species was Myzus persicae, detected in 13 greenhouses all year round, followed by Aulacorthum solani (10 greenhouses) and Aphis gossypii (9 greenhouses). The widest host range was shown by Myzus persicae (43 hosts), Aulacorthum solani (32 hosts) and Aulacorthum circumflexum (23 hosts).The list of host plants includes 114 species from 95 genera and 58 families. The greatest variety of aphid species was detected on Hibiscus (9 species). Out of all aphid samples 12.9 % were collected on Hibiscus and 6.8 %, on Dendranthema. The greatest variety of aphid species was detected on Hibiscus (9 species).Periphyllus californiensis and Aphis (Aphis) fabae mordvilkoi are reported for the first time for Bulgaria. Furthermore, Aphis spiraecola has been found in new localities and has widened its host range in this country.

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Research Article Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0300
Mitochondrial COI and morphological specificity of the mealy aphids (Hyalopterus ssp.) collected from different hosts in Europe (Hemiptera, Aphididae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3438/ ZooKeys 319: 255-267

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.319.4251

Authors: Rimantas Rakauskas, Jekaterina Havelka, Audrius Zaremba

Abstract: Forty three European population samples of mealy aphids from various winter and summer host plants were attributed to respective species of Hyalopterus by means of their partial sequences of mitochondrial COI gene. Used Hyalopterus samples emerged as monophyletic relative to outgroup and formed three major clades representing three host specific mealy aphid species in the Neighbor joining, Maximum parsimony, Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference trees. H. pruni and H. persikonus emerged as a sister species, whilst H. amygdali was located basally. Samples representing different clades in the molecular trees were used for canonical discrimination analysis based on twenty two morphological characters. Length of the median dorsal head hair enabled a 97.3 % separation of H. amygdali from the remaining two species. No single character enabled satisfactory discrimination between apterous viviparous females of H. pruni and H. persikonus. A modified key for the morphological identification of Hyalopterus species is suggested and their taxonomic status discussed.

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Research Article Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0300
New data on aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Algeria https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3443/ ZooKeys 319: 223-229

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.319.4340

Authors: Malik Laamari, Armelle Coeur d’Acier, Emmanuelle Jousselin

Abstract: A survey of aphids was carried out during the period 2008–2011 in different regions of Algeria by collecting and identifying aphids and their host plants. Aphids were collected from 46 host plants. Forty-six species were reported including thirty-six species which were recorded for the first time in this country and thirty species which were recorded for the first time in the Maghreb (North Africa). This study extends the number of known Algerian aphid to 156 species.

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Research Article Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0300
The genus Aphidura (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in the collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, with six new species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3396/ ZooKeys 318: 1-33

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.318.5693

Authors: Juan M. Nieto Nafría, M. Pilar Mier-Durante, Georges Remaudière

Abstract: Specimens were studied of 65 samples of the genus Aphidura (Aphididae, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini) from the collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris). The possible synonymies of three pairs of species are discussed. New aphid host plant relationships are reported for A. bozhkoae, A. delmasi, A. ornata, A. pannonica and A. picta; this last species is recorded for first time from Afghanistan. The record of A. pujoli from Pakistan is refuted. The fundatrices, oviparous females and males of A. delmasi are described. Six new species are established: A. gallica sp. n. and A. amphorosiphon sp. n. from specimens caught on species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) from France and Iran, respectively, A. pakistanensis sp. n., A. graeca sp. n. and A. urmiensis sp. n. from specimens caught on species of Dianthus, Gypsophila and Spergula (Caryophyllaceae) from Pakistan, Greece and Iran, respectively, and A. iranensis sp. n. from specimens caught on Prunus sp. from Iran. Modifications are made to the keys by Blackman and Eastop to aphids living on Dianthus, Gypsophyla, Silene, Spergula and Prinsepia and Prunus (Rosaceae). An identification key to apterous viviparous females of species of Aphidura is also provided.

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Research Article Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0300
First record of the aphid genus Jacksonia Theobald (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China, with description of one new species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3287/ ZooKeys 312: 79-87

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.312.5506

Authors: Xing-Yi Li, Bin Zhang, Xiao-Mei Su, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The aphid genus Jacksonia Theobald is reported in China for the first time, from Shaanxi, with the description of a new species, Jacksonia gibbera Qiao, Li, Zhang & Su, sp. n., found on an unidentified plant belonging to the Leguminosae/Fabaceae. A key to species of Jacksonia is provided.

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Research Article Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0300
First record of the aphid genus Neonipponaphis Takahashi (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae) from China, with a description of one new species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3272/ ZooKeys 236: 81-89

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.236.4068

Authors: Jing Chen, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The aphid genus Neonipponaphis Takahashi is reviewed and reported in China for the first time, with a description of one new species, Neonipponaphis pustulosis sp. n. on Castanopsis eyrei from Fujian. A key to species, morphological descriptions, features, host plants, and distributions are provided. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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Research Article Fri, 2 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0200
A new species of Rhopalosiphum (Hemiptera, Aphididae) on Chusquea tomentosa (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) from Costa Rica https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2412/ ZooKeys 166: 59-73

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.166.2387

Authors: Nicolás Pérez-Hidalgo, David Martínez-Torres, Jorge Mariano Collantes-Alegre, William Villalobos Muller, Juan M. Nieto Nafría

Abstract: The new species Rhopalosiphum chusqueae Pérez Hidalgo & Villalobos Muller, is described from apterous viviparous females caught on Chusquea tomentosa in Cerro de la Muerte (Costa Rica). The identity of the species is supported both by the morphological features and by a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on a fragment of the mitochondrial DNA containing the 5’ region of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) and on the nuclear gene coding for the Elongation factor-1 alpha (EF1α). The taxonomic position of the new species is discussed. An identification key to the Aphidinae species living on plants of Bambusoideae (Poaceae) is presented.

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Review Article Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0200
A new species of Chucallis Tao (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Calaphidinae) from China https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2898/ ZooKeys 146: 69-81

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.146.2042

Authors: Li-Yun Jiang, Jing Chen, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: A new species in the aphid genus Chucallis Tao, Chucallis latusigladius Qiao, Jiang & Chen, sp. n. feeding on a species of bamboo, Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro) Keng f., is described. It differs from the only other known species in the genus byremarkably large marginal processes on abdominal tergite IV. A key to species, morphological descriptions, distributional data and host plant information are provided. The type specimens studied are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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Research Article Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200
A new family of aphids (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikalia https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2754/ ZooKeys 130: 167-174

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1444

Authors: Agnieszka Homan, Piotr Wegierek

Abstract: The family Rasnitsynaphididae fam. n. has a unique combination of characters: 9-segmented antennae; rhinaria arranged in many transverse rows, surrounding the antennal segments; segment IX narrower than other segments of flagellum, always without rhinaria; cubitus branches separated; ovipositor present; siphuncular pores absent. The new family comprises the genus Rasnitsynaphis gen. n. with three species, R. ennearticulata sp. n., R. coniuncta sp. n., and R. quadrata sp. n., all from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia.

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Research Article Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0300
Use of a mitochondrial COI sequence to identify species of the subtribe Aphidina (Hemiptera, Aphididae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2689/ ZooKeys 122: 1-17

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.122.1256

Authors: Jianfeng WANG, Li-Yun Jiang, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: Aphids of the subtribe Aphidina are found mainly in the North Temperate Zone. The relative lack of diagnostic morphological characteristics has obscured the identification of species in this group. However, DNA-based taxonomic methods can clarify species relationships within this group. Sequence variation in a partial segment of the mitochondrial COI gene was highly effective for resolving species relationships within Aphidina. Forty-five species were correctly identified in a neighbor-joining tree. Mean intraspecific sequence divergence was 0.17%, with a range of 0.00% to 1.54%. Mean interspecific divergence within previously recognized genera or morphologically similar species groups was 4.54%, with variation mainly in the range of 3.50% to 8.00%. Possible reasons for anomalous levels of mean nucleotide divergence within or between some taxa are discussed.

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Research Article Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0300
Taxonomic position of Hormaphis similibetulae Qiao & Zhang, 2004 (Hemiptera, Aphididae): molecular and biological evidence https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2577/ ZooKeys 111: 11-18

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.111.1284

Authors: Jing Chen, Li-Yun Jiang, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The taxonomic position of Hormaphis similibetulae Qiao & Zhang, 2004 has been reexamined. The phylogenetic position of H. similibetulae was inferred by maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses on the basis of partial nuclear elongation factor-1α and mitochondrial tRNA leucine/cytochrome oxidase II sequences. The results showed that this species fell into the clade of Hamamelistes species, occupying a basal position, and was clearly distinct from other Hormaphis species. A closer relationship between H. similibetulae and Hamamelistes species was also revealed by life cycle analysis. Therefore, we conclude that H. similibetulae should be transferred to the genus Hamamelistes as Hamamelistes similibetulae (Qiao & Zhang), comb. n.

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Research Article Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0300
Atubusinipponaphis, a new genus of Hormaphidinae (Hemiptera, Aphididae) causing galls on Distylium chinense from China, with description of a new species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2578/ ZooKeys 111: 1-10

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.111.1283

Authors: Jing Chen, Masato Sorin, Ge-Xia Qiao

Abstract: The aphid genus Asiphonipponaphis gen. n. from China is new to science. Asiphonipponaphis vasigalla sp. n. causing galls on Distylium chinense from Hunan, China is described and illustrated. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (NZMCAS) and Kogakkan University, Japan.

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Research Article Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0300
First record of the adventive oriental aphid Schizaphis piricola (Matsumura, 1917) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Europe https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2278/ ZooKeys 89: 49-56

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.89.903

Authors: Nicolás Pérez-Hidalgo, Ángel Umaran, M. Pilar Mier-Durante

Abstract: The oriental aphid Schizaphis piricola Matsumura, is recorded for the first time in Europe, on the ornamental pear tree Pyrus calleryana in landscaped areas in Madrid (Spain). Data on the morphology of the primary host (apterous and alate fundatrigeniae and fundatrices), and their biology and distribution are given. The keys for identifying species of Schizaphis (Schizaphis) in the Iberian Peninsula are updated. Two species of aphids are also recorded for the first time on Pyrus calleryana: S. piricola and Aphis pomi.

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Research Article Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300