Aspidophorodon harvense Verma, 1967

Xu, Ying, Jiang, Li-Yun, Chen, Jing, Kholmatov, Bakhtiyor Rustamovich & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2022, Six new species of Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China, ZooKeys 1106, pp. 1-55 : 1

Aspidophorodon harvense Verma, 1967

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Aspidophorodon harvense Verma 1967: 507; Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers 1976: 96; Blackman and Eastop 1994: 569.

Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) harvense Verma: Remaudière and Remaudière 1997: 73; Stekolshchikov and Novgorodova 2010: 44; Chen et al. 2015: 558.

Specimens examined.

Two apterous viviparous females (slides) and one apterous viviparous female (COI: OK668440 ), China: Sichuan (Ganzi City, Minya Konka, 29.90°N, 102.03°E, altitude 4031 m), 30.VII.2019, No. 45939-1-1, No. 45942-1-1-2, on Spiraea sp., coll. J.F. Ji; one alate viviparous female, No. 45942-1-1-1, with the same collection data as apterous viviparous females .

Comment.

Aspidophoron being neuter, the adjectival specific epithet is also neuter, so harvensis is revised as Aspidophoron harvense .

Host plant.

Spiraea sp. ( Rosaceae) (Fig. 21F ), however, this species was collected from Salix sp. in Kashmir in May ( Verma 1967).

Distribution.

China (Sichuan), Kashmir.

Biology.

The species mostly colonizes along veins on the undersides of leaves ( Verma 1967).

Figures

Figure 3. Aspidophorodon harvense Verma. Apterous viviparous female A dorsal view of head B antenna C ultimate rostral segment D irregular polygonal markings on abdominal tergites E siphunculus F cauda G anal plate H genital plate. Alate viviparous female I dorsal view of head J antenna K siphunculus L cauda. Scale bar: 0.10 mm.

Figure 4. Aspidophorodon harvense Verma A dorsal view of apterous viviparous female B dorsal view of alate viviparous female. Scale bar: 0.10 mm.

Figure 5. Aspidophorodon harvense Verma. Apterous viviparous female A dorsal view of head B antenna C ultimate rostral segment D irregular polygonal markings on abdominal tergites E siphunculus F cauda G anal plate H genital plate. Alate viviparous female I dorsal view of head J antenna K siphunculus L cauda. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.

Figure 21. The ecological photos of Aspidophorodon in the field A an aptera of Aspidophorodon capitatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. on underside of leaf B, C the apterae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang) on main veins and part lateral veins of underside of leaf D, E the apterae, alatae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang) on main veins and part lateral veins of underside of leaves F an aptera and a nymph of Aspidophorodon harvense Verma on a twig G the apterae of Aspidophorodon obtusum Qiao on underside of leaf H-J the apterae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon salicis Miyazaki on underside of leaf.