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Issue: Vol. 2284 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2284.1.2
Page range: 30–40
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Euthoracaphis Takahashi (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Hormaphidinae), a generic account, description of a new species from China, and a key to species

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Hemiptera Euthoracaphis Aphididae Hormaphidinae new species new record key China

Abstract

The aphid genus Euthoracaphis Takahashi is reviewed. Euthoracaphis oligostricha sp. nov. is described on Machilus yunnanensis from Yunnan, China. A key to the known species of Euthoracaphis is provided in here. The type specimens studied are deposited in the Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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