Matsumuraja taisetsusana, Miyazaki, 1971

Xu, Ying, Chen, Jing, Jiang, Liyun & Qiao, Gexia, 2024, Revision of Matsumuraja (Hemiptera, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini) in China with two new synonyms and four new records, Zootaxa 5477 (1), pp. 27-42 : 39

Matsumuraja taisetsusana Miyazaki, 1971

( Figs 6 , 9b )

First record in China.

Specimens examined. Two apterous viviparous females, CHINA: Sichuan ( Chengdu City ), 6.VIII.2018, No. 43759-1-1, on Rubus , coll. Y. Xu and J. F. Ji ; one apterous viviparous female, CHINA: Sichuan ( Ganzi City ), 1.X.2019, No. 47784-1-1, on Rubus , coll. J. F. Ji ; one apterous viviparous female, CHINA: Sichuan ( Chengdu City ), 8.VIII.2018, No. 43790-1-1, on Rubus , coll. Y. Xu and J. F. Ji ; one apterous viviparous female, CHINA: Sichuan ( Ganzi City ), 7. IV.2019, No. 45268-2-1, on Rubus , coll. J. F. Ji ; two apterous viviparous females, CHINA: Sichuan ( Ganzi City ), 7. IV.2019, No. 45264-1-1, on Rubus , coll. J. F. Ji.

Diagnosis. Ant. I with one short, thick, finger-like process on the inner side, blunt distally ( Fig. 6b ), 0.30–0.64 times the segment; long and capitate antennal setae, the longest seta of Ant. III 0.48–0.97 times the basal width; dorsal setae arising from short conical tubercles and longer than the tubercle; dorsal setae 1.07–3.20 times Ant. IIIBD.

Distribution. China (Sichuan), Japan, Russia (Sakhalin, east Siberia).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Matsumuraja taisetsusana Miyazaki. Apterous viviparous female: a dorsal view of head b antenna c ultimate rostral segment d marginal seta of abdominal tergite I e siphunculus f spinal tubercles of abdominal tergite VII g spinal setae of abdominal tergite VIII h cauda i anal plate j genital plate. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 9. Apterous viviparous females of Matsumuraja Schumacher a Matsumuraja rubiphila Takahashi b Matsumuraja taisetsusana Miyazaki c Matsumuraja urticae Ghosh, Ghosh & Raychaudhuri d Matsumuraja rubifoliae Takahashi e Matsumuraja rubicola Takahashi f Matsumuraja formosana Takahashi. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.