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Issue: Vol. 4363 No. 4: 13 Dec. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.9
Page range: 569–575
Abstract views: 102
PDF downloaded: 2

A new bamboo-feeding species of Kaochiaoja Tao (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from India

Division of Insect Systematics, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm post, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India
Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
Hemiptera Aphididae Kaochiaoja Phyllostachys sp. new species Sikkim India

Abstract

A new species of the genus Kaochiaoja Tao 1963, K. sikkimensis sp. n., was collected on Phyllostachys sp. (Poaceae) from Upper Tadong area of Gangtok, East Sikkim, India. Apterous and alate viviparae of this species are described, illustrated and discussed in comparison with the only other nominal species in this genus.

 

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