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Issue: Vol. 1299 No. 1: 21 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1299.1.4
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Aulacophoroides (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae), a generic account, description of a new species from Hong Kong (China) and a key to species

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.
Hemiptera Aulacophoroides Sinomegoura Megourella Aphididae replacement name new species key China (Hong Kong)

Abstract

The aphid genus Aulacophoroides Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers is reviewed. Aulacophoroides millettiae sp. nov. is described from Millettia sp. in Hong Kong, China. A key to the described species of Aulacophoroides is provided. The type specimens studied are deposited in the Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and the Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

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