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Issue: Vol. 4028 No. 4: 12 Oct. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.6
Page range: 551–576
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the aphid genus Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 with descriptions of three new species from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae)

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Hemiptera Aspidophorodon new species new synonyms new combination new record key China

Abstract

The aphid genus Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 is reviewed, with descriptions of three new species from China, namely Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) cornuatus Qiao sp. nov., Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) musaicus Qiao sp. nov., and Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) obtusus Qiao sp. nov.. Aspidophorodon sinisalicis Zhang, 1980 and Trichosiphonaphis lijiangensis Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992 are considered as junior synonyms of Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) salicis Miyazaki, 1971, syn. nov.. The Chinese endemic genus Margituberculatus Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992 is proposed as a junior synonym of Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972, syn. nov., this subgenus is thereby recorded from China for the first time and Margituberculatus longituberculatus Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992 is referred to as Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) longituberculatus (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992) comb. nov.. A generic diagnosis and keys to Aspidophorodon species are given. Molecular evidence to support the validity of new species and their subgeneric affiliation is also provided.