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Issue: Vol. 2836 No. 1: 28 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2836.1.5
Page range: 62–64
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 16

First field records of the sexuales (males and oviparae) of Toxoptera aurantii (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Departamento de Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
University of Malta, Junior College, Department of Biology, Msida MSD 1252, Malta
Hemiptera Aphididae

Abstract

Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) is an aphid pest of great agricultural importance, not only due to its polyphagy but mostly due to its ability to transmit various plant viruses e.g. Citrus tristeza virus on Citrus (Blackman & Eastop, 2000). Blackman & Eastop (2000) considered this aphid to be entirely anholocyclic, because no sexual morphs have ever been observed in the field.

References

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    Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. (2010) Aphids on the World’s Trees. Available from: http://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info/x_APHIDS_T.htm#Toxoptera. (1-2-2011).