Macromyzus (Anthracosiphoniella) maculatus Basu
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Macromyzus (Anthracosiphoniella) maculatus (Basu) newly recorded from China
Anthracosiphoniella maculatum Basu, 1969: 169.
Macromyzus (Anthracosiphoniella) maculatus (Basu): Raychaudhuri, 1980: 165; Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 108; Blackman & Eastop, 2006: 1191.
Material examined. 7 apterous viviparous females and 5 alate viviparous females, Sichuan (Emei Mountain), 12 August 1936, No. Y 7957, on a kind of fern, coll. Takahashi, R.; 1 apterous viviparous female and 1 apterous nymph, Guangxi (Napo County), 4 April 1998, No. 11733, on a kind of fern, coll. G.X. Qiao; 4 apterous viviparous females, Tibet (Pailong County, Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon), 2 September 2005, No. 18393 (2 slides), on a kind of fern, coll. D. Zhang.
Comments. The species is recognized for the first time in China.
Distribution. China: Sichuan, Guangxi, Tibet; India.
Biology. The species is associated with Asplenium esculentum (Aspleniaceae), Athyrium sp. (Polypodiaceae) and Dryopteris molle (Dryopteridaceae) (Raychaudhuri, 1980), and some unidentified ferns. They infest the underside of the fronds of the fern without causing distinct injury. The species reproduces viviparously throughout the year in Darjeeling, India. Ants do not attend the aphids (Basu, 1969).
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Aphididae
- Genus
- Macromyzus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Aphidomorpha
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Basu
- Species
- maculatus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Basu, A. N. (1969) Four new genera and nine new species of Aphids (Homoptera) from West Bengal, India. Oriental Insects, 3 (2), 169 - 186.
- Raychaudhuri, D. N. (1980) Aphids of North-East India and Bhutan. Dr Ira Sarkar for the Zoological Society Press, Calcutta, 520 pp.
- Remaudiere, G. & Remaudiere, M. (1997) Catalogue des Aphididae du Monde. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, 473 pp.
- Blackman, R. L. & Eastop, V. F. (2006) Aphids on the World's Herbaceous Plants and Shrubs. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England, 1439 pp.