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Issue: Vol. 5183 No. 1: 12 Sept. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.6
Page range: 49-57
Abstract views: 225
PDF downloaded: 13

Two species of Brachyunguis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) new to Iran, and a key to the Iranian species of this genus

Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Giorgi Tsereteli 3, 0162 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Plant Protection Central Research Institute, Bagdat cad. N. 250, Yenimahalle, 6172 Ankara, Turkey.
Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization(AREEO), Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Yaman (Tabnak) 1, Chamran Highway, Tehran, Iran.
Hemiptera Aphid Aphidini Diarthron Middle East

Abstract

Brachyunguis dendrostellerae Kadyrbekov, 2014 and B. monstratus Kadyrbekov, 1999, both living on Diarthron lessertii (Wikstr.) Kit Tan. (Thymelaeaceae), are recorded for Iranian aphid fauna for the first time. The hitherto unknown alate viviparous females of B. dendrostellerae are described, and the little-known apterous viviparous females are redescribed. An identification key for apterous viviparous females of Brachyunguis species known from Iran is provided.

 

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