Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) luchuanum (Takahashi)

Zhang, Dong & Qiao, Gexia, 2010, Mollitrichosiphum Suenaga from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae), with the description of one new species, Zootaxa 2608, pp. 1-24 : 7-8

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) luchuanum (Takahashi)

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Greenidea luchuana Takahashi, 1930: 322 .

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) luchuanum (Takahashi) : Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 177.

Material examined. China, Taiwan: Naze Amami-Oshima, 29.iv.1930, 2 apterous viviparous females, 3 alate viviparous females and 11 viviparous nymphs on Quercus sp. (R. Takahashi) ( BMNH). China, Fujian: Mt. Wuyi, alt. 290m, 6.vii.2003, 2 apterous viviparous females (X.L. Huang); Mt. Wuyi, alt. 800m, 14.vii.2003 2 apterous viviparous females (X.L. Huang).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Taiwan). Host plants. Quercus spp . ( Fagaceae ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) luchuanum (Takahashi), apterous viviparous female: a. dorsal view of head; b. antennal segment III; c. antennal segment VI; d. mesosternal furca; e. part of hind tibia, showing transverse ridges; f. basal part of siphunculus; g. distal part of siphunculus. Alate viviparous female: h. dorsal view of head; i. antennal segment III; j. ultimate rostral segment; k. cauda; l. anal plate; m. genital plate. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 11. D orsal view of body, a. Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima) (apterous viviparous female), b. Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima) (alate viviparous female), c. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) luchuanum (Takahashi) (apterous viviparous female), d. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum (van der Goot) (apterous viviparous female), e. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum (van der Goot) (alate viviparous female), f. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) nandii Basu (alate viviparous female).