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Issue: Vol. 5183 No. 1: 12 Sept. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.27
Page range: 369-379
Abstract views: 250
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A new species of the aphid genus Uroleucon Mordvilko, 1914 (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) on Launaea acanthodes from Iran

Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, 7631818356 Kerman, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, Collage of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, 7631818356 Kerman, Iran.
Zoology Research Team, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
Hemiptera Uroleucon new taxon Macrosiphini Lambersius description Southeastern Iran

Abstract

A new aphid species, Uroleucon (Lambersius) loxdalei sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae: Macrosiphini) living on Launaea acanthodes (Asteraceae) and collected from the highlands in the Kerman province of Iran, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically most similar to U. (Lambersius) bielawskii (Szelegiewicz). This holocyclic aphid is monoecious, and not attended by ants. Biometric data are given and the key to the aphids associated with Launaea species is provided.

 

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