Brachycaudus (Appelia) tragopogonis (Kaltenbach)

Mehrparvar, Mohsen, 2024, Aphids of Iran: their host plants and distribution, Zootaxa 5516 (1), pp. 1-129 : 21

146. Brachycaudus (Appelia) tragopogonis (Kaltenbach) ( Aphididae : Aphidinae : Macrosiphini )

[The presence of this species on Calendula is doubtful and needs confirmation.]

[The presence of this species on Prunus is doubtful. There is possible confusion with the morphologically similar B. prunicola , which has a sexual phase on Prunus spinosus .]

— Host plants: Calendula officinalis , Prunus domestica , Scorzonera parviflora , Tragopogon caricifolius , Tragopogon graminifolius , Tragopogon pratensis , Tragopogon sp.

— Distribution: Alborz, Fars, Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Markazi, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Razavi Khorasan, Tehran, West Azerbaijan ( Alikhani et al. 2010; Barahoei 2009; Barahoei et al. 2012a; Barjadze & Gratiashvili 2020; Ghahramani Nezhad et al. 2012; Hodjat 1993; Mehrparvar & Pourtaghi 2017; Mehrparvar et al. 2021;2022a; Mokhtari et al. 2012; Molazadeh Bagh Seyah 2021; Momeni Shahraki et al. 2019; Mortazavi et al. 2015; Mousapour 2016; Rezwani 1987;2010; Rezwani & Parvizi 1990; Rezwani et al. 1994; Rokni 2018; Sedighi 2019; Sedighi et al. 2020a)

146(12). Brachycaudus (Appelia) tragopogonis setosus (Hille Ris Lambers) ( Aphididae : Aphidinae : Macrosiphini )

— Host plants: Tragopogon spp.

— Distribution: Widely distributed in Iran (Goodarzifar 2010; Goodarzifar et al. 2010; Hodjat 1993; Momeni Shahraki et al. 2019)

? Brachycaudus sp. ( Aphididae : Aphidinae : Macrosiphini )

— Host plants: Anchusa sp. , Nonea sp.

— Distribution: Kerman ( Mehrparvar et al. 2008; Rokni 2018)