Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) rhusae Ghosh

(Figures 8, 12 d, e)

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) rhusae Ghosh, 1974: 168 .

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) rhusae Ghosh: Raychaudhuri & Chatterjee, 1980: 357; Ghosh & Agarwala, 1993: 294; Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 177.

Material examined. China, Fujian: Mt. Wuyi, 4.vii.2003, No. 14405, 1 apterous viviparous female and 1 alate viviparous female on Castanea sp. (X.L. Huang). China, Hainan: Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 1050m, 29.iii.2006, No. 18508, 6 apterous viviparous females on Helicia hainanensis; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 800m, 30.iii.2006, No. 18511, 6 apterous viviparous females on Helicia hainanensis; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 800m, 30.iii.2006, No. 18514, 4 apterous viviparous nymphs on Helicia hainanensis; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 800m, 30.iii.2006, No. 18513, 3 apterous viviparous females and 2 alate viviparous females on Fagaceae; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 929m, 13.xii.2007, No. 20858, 6 apterous viviparous females on Meliaceae (X. Y. Wang); Mt. Wuzhi, alt. 727m, 7.xii.2007, No. 20811, on 1 apterous viviparous female Fagaceae (X. Y. Wang) .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan), India.

Host plants. Rhus sp. ( Anacardiaceae), Helicia hainanensis (Proteaceae), Castanea sp. ( Fagaceae) and Meliaceae .

Comments. Here newly recorded from China, the specimens have been identified using the keys given by Ghosh (1974) and Ghosh & Agarwala (1993). They appear conspecific with M. (Me.) rhusae Ghosh, although some biometric data are slightly different. For example, antennae slightly longer, 1.46–1.74 mm long (1.26- 1.65 mm long from India); siphunculi 1.25-1.59 mm long (1.06-1.40 mm long from India).