Rubus

Xu, Ying, Jiang, Liyun, Chen, Jing & Qiao, Gexia, 2022, A new species of Aphis (Aphidinae: Aphidini) feeding on Rubus from China, Zootaxa 5183 (1), pp. 282-292 : 291

Updated key to apterous viviparous female of aphid species on Rubus

Blackman and Eastop (2021) provided a key to apterous viviparous females on Rubus . The new species can be inserted as an additional couplet (couplet 69a) in the key.

69 ANT PT/BASE 2.00–2.60. Cauda with (8–) 10–12 setae. R IV+V with (2–) 3–4 accessory setae. ABD TERG 8 with 3–5 setae..................................................................................... Aphis rubicola

- ANT PT/BASE 2.40–4.00. Cauda with (4–) 6–9 hairs. R IV+V with 2 accessory setae. ABD TERG 8 with 2 (rarely 3 or 4) setae.............................................................................................. 69a

69a Body covered with successive pleuro-marginal wax spots in life. Dorsal setae of body long and thick, slightly blunt at apex. Rostrum reaching beyond meta-coxae, R IV+V 1.53–1.75 times as long as 2HT. SIPH 1.04–1.21 times as long as cauda, 0.10–0.12 times as long as body length................................................ Aphis rogeri Qiao sp. nov.

- Body without wax powder spots. Dorsal setae of body short and thin. Rostrum at most reaching meta-coxae, R IV+V 1.20–1.50 times as long as 2HT. SIPH 1.60–2.30 times as long as cauda, 0.15–0.22 times as long as body length....... Aphis ruborum