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Ceratovacuna subtropicana Aoki & Kurosu 2013

Description

Ceratovacuna subtropicana Aoki & Kurosu, 2013

Ceratovacuna subtropicana Aoki & Kurosu, 2013: 216.

Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Biology. The species forms galls on Styrax formosanus Matsum. (Styracaceae) at Dakeng and feeds on Microstegium spp. (Poaceae) as secondary hosts (Aoki et al., 2013).

Remarks. No specimens from China were checked in this study. The information on the morphological features in keys and distribution is from Aoki et al. (2013).

Notes

Published as part of Jiang, Liyun, Chen, Jing, Guo, Kun & Qiao, Gexia, 2015, Review of the genus Ceratovacuna (Hemiptera: Aphididae) with descriptions of five new species from China, pp. 35-60 in Zootaxa 3986 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/289080

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References

  • Aoki, S., Kurosu, U., Kutsukake, M., Hsieh, T. J., Yang, M. M., Choe, J. C. & Fukatsu, T. (2013) The aphid Ceratovacuna nekoashi (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Hormaphidinae) and its allied species in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Entomological Science, 16, 203 - 221. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / ens. 12002