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Aulacophoroides virgatae Szelegiewicz 1979

Description

Aulacophoroides virgatae Szelegiewicz, 1979

Material examined. 2 apterous viviparous females and 1 nymph (paratypes), 1966­VIII­ 28, KOREA (Phjongjang, Mangjunobong), on Lespedeza virgata (H. Szelegiewicz) (BMNH).

Distribution. Korea [North] (Phjongjang, Mangjunobong).

Host plant. Lespedeza virgata.

Biology. This species is presumed to be monoecious and holocyclic on Lespedeza (Szelegiewicz, 1979). In life, apterae shining green with black antennae and siphunculi; legs pale, excepting apical halves of fore and middle legs and most of hind femora; apical parts of tibiae and the whole tarsi dark brown or black (Lee, Holman and Havelka, 2002).

Other

Published as part of Qiao, Gexia, Jiang, Liyun & Martin, Jon H., 2006, Aulacophoroides (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae), a generic account, description of a new species from Hong Kong (China) and a key to species, pp. 57-68 in Zootaxa 1299 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173595

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References

  • Szelegiewicz, H. (1979) A new species of Aulacophoroides Tao, 1976 (Homoptera: Aphididae) from Korea. Polski Pismo Entomologiczne, 49, 571 - 575.
  • Lee, S. H., Holman, J. & Havelka, J. (2002) Illustrated catalogue of Aphididae in the Korea Peninsula. Part I, Subfamily Aphidinae (Homoptera; Sternorrhyncha). Insects of Korea Series, 9. Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology & Center for Insect Systematics, 327 pp.