<strong>A contribution to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of Wrangel Island</strong>

Andrey V. Stekolshchikov; OLGA A. Khruleva

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.2

Issue: Vol. 3887 No. 3: 25 Nov. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-11-25

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.2

Page range: 298–320

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A contribution to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of Wrangel Island

Andrey V. Stekolshchikov⁺⁻
OLGA A. Khruleva⁺⁻

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St.Petersburg 199034, Russia.

Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.

Arctic Aphis polaris sp. n. Pterocomma groenlandicum Hille Ris Lambers 1952 Metopolophium sabihae Prior 1976

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Abstract

Five aphid species collected on Wrangel Island (Russia) are presented. One species, Aphis polaris sp. nov., feeding on Astragalus alpinus L. and Oxytropis sp., is described, and the fundatrix morph of two others, Pterocomma groenlandicum Hille Ris Lambers, 1952 and Metopolophium sabihae Prior, 1976., is described for the first time.