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Toxoptera Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae), a generic account, description of a new species from China, and keys to species

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Hemiptera Toxoptera Aphididae new species key China

Abstract

The aphid genus Toxoptera Koch is reviewed. Toxoptera chaetosiphon sp. nov. is described from Camellia oleifera in Guangxi, China. Keys to known species of Toxoptera in China are provided. The type specimens studied are deposited in the Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

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