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Issue: Vol. 3478 No. 1: 11 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.10
Page range: 81–92
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Aphis (Hemiptera:Aphididae) in Missouri on St. John’s Wort, Hypericum kalmianum, and re-description of Aphis hyperici Monell

Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
Division of Plant Sciences (Entomology). University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 USA
Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 USA
Hemiptera mizzou morphology genes sequences host plant

Abstract

Aphis mizzou, n. sp. is described from specimens collected in Missouri, USA, on Hypericum kalmianum (Clusiaceae).Both apterous and alate viviparae are described and illustrated and a key is provided to apterae of the six species of Aphisthat feed on Hypericum. Neighbor-joining analysis of cytochrome oxidase (COI) and nuclear elongation factor (EF1-α)indicated a close relationship of the new species with Aphis hyperici but verified its distinctness, the pairwise sequencedivergence for COI between these two species being 3.2%. In addition, Aphis hyperici Monell is redescribed, including first descriptions of the fundatrix, ovipara and alate male of that species.

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