Two new species of the genus Aphis (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from Chile on host species of Alstroemeriaceae and Ericaceae

Autor: Sara I. López Ciruelos, Juan M. Nieto Nafría, Paul A. Brown
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: ZooKeys
ZooKeys 738: 37-45
ZooKeys, Vol 738, Iss, Pp 37-45 (2018)
ISSN: 1313-2970
1313-2989
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.738.21966
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE