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Issue: Vol. 4718 No. 1: 3 Jan. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.12
Page range: 145–150
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Rubiaphis, a new aphid genus from the Altai Republic (Homoptera: Aphididae, Macrosiphini)

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St.Petersburg 199034, Russia.
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze str. 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia.
Hemiptera Aphididae raspberries The Altai Mountains new taxa taxonomy

Abstract

Rubiaphis altaicus gen. nov., sp. nov. from Rubus idaeus, collected in the Altai Republic, is described. The species is illustrated and biometric data are provided. This aphid genus is closely related to Myzaphis van der Goot, 1913. The taxonomic position of the genus is discussed.

 

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