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Issue: Vol. 2756 No. 1: 3 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2756.1.3
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 3

Descriptions of four hitherto unknown or little-known morphs of Siphini (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea: Chaitophorinae)

University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Zoology, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Hemiptera Aphidoidea Chaitophorinae Siphini taxonomy

Abstract

The oviparous female of Atheroides brevicornis is re-described, and alate viviparous females of A. persianus, Sipha (Sipha) littoralis and S. (Rungsia) taurica are described and illustrated for the first time. Keys to oviparae of Atheroides and to alate viviparae of Atheroides and Sipha are provided and notes on distributions and host plants are presented.

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