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Issue: Vol. 4347 No. 3: 14 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.7
Page range: 543–552
Abstract views: 92
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The taxonomic status of Aphis rostellum (Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, 1999) and description of the fundatrix and sexual morphs of Aphis umbrella (Börner, 1950) (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea)

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St.Petersburg 199034, Russia.
Belarusian State University, 4 Nezavisimosti av. 220030 Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
Hemiptera Aphididae Malvaceae synonym

Abstract

Aphis rostellum (Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, 1999) is placed as a new subjective synonym of A. umbrella (Börner, 1950). Detailed descriptions are provided of the fundatrix, oviparous female and male of this species.

 

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