Hormaphidinae (Mordvilko, 1908)

Martin, Jon H. & Lau, Clive S. K., 2011, The Hemiptera-Sternorrhyncha (Insecta) of Hong Kong, China-an annotated inventory citing voucher specimens and published records, Zootaxa 2847, pp. 1-122 : 29

Hormaphidinae — Cerataphidini

Aleurodaphis blumeae van der Goot (1917) (Fig. 14)

This extremely pretty aphid, with pinkish-purple body colour and glassy marginal wax rays, was collected twice on HK Island, on Blumea megacephala and Erechtites hieraciifolius , the dense colonies mostly affecting the stems of its hosts. Vouchers in BMNH.

Astegopteryx bambusae (Buckton, 1893)

Samples in BMNH, from Arundinaria sp. , Bambusa cornigera , B. glaucescens cult. var. “Fernleaf” and B. vulgaris . Also reported from HK by Tao (1999a) and by Lee & Winney (1981).

Astegopteryx jamuritsu Takahashi (1931)

see Cerataphis jamuritsu (Takahashi, 1931)

Astegopteryx minuta (van der Goot, 1917)

Reported from HK by van der Goot (1918) and by Tao (1999a). There is a slide in BMNH from Bambusa textilis in Macau (coll. Lau), but no known HK voucher material.

Astegopteryx styracophila Karsch (1890)

Two samples in BMNH, on Alpinia sp. at The Peak and on undetermined Zingiberaceae at Fung Yuen village (NT).

Astegopteryx undetermined sp. or spp

Samples in BMNH, from undetermined Zingiberaceae , Bambusa sp. and three alatae from TLF yellow pan traps.

Cerataphis brasiliensis (Hempel, 1901) (Fig. 21)

Single sample in BMNH and PPRD (coll. Lau), from Archontophoenix alexandrae , a planted amenity palm on Braemar Hill Road, HK Island, apparently the first time palm-feeding Cerataphis had been observed in HK. The nomenclature of this, the common Cerataphis species on palms throughout the tropics, has been controversial for many years. C. fransseni was the name used by Remaudière & Remaudière (1997), with the more familiar C. variabilis HRL listed as its junior synonym. However, Russell (1996) regarded C. brasiliensis as the valid name, and this was accepted by Blackman & Eastop (2006). Aleurocanthus palmae Ghesquière , later regarded as a synonym of Cerataphis lataniae Boisduval by Ghesquière himself, was declared nomen dubium by Remaudière et. al. (1987).

Cerataphis jamuritsu (Takahashi, 1931)

Single large sample in BMNH, from a gall on Styrax suberifolius , sent to the CIE and with determination label written by Eastop.

Ceratovacuna hoffmani Takahashi (1936)

Single large sample in BMNH (coll. Lau), from Arundinaria shiuyingiana at Fei Ngo Shan (NT).

Ceratovacuna japonica (Takahashi, 1924)

Single sample in BMNH, from under blades of undetermined bamboo on Sai Kung Peninsula (NT). Body colour was brown, with copious secreted woolly wax. This determination is made cautiously.

Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner (1897)

Samples in BMNH, from Miscanthus sinensis , Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum sp. Also reported from HK by Lee & Winney (1981).

Ceratovacuna longifila (Takahashi, 1929)

Single sample in BMNH, from Saccharum spontaneum at The Peak, HK Island.

Ceratovacuna undetermined spp

Vouchers in BMNH, from undetermined bamboo and Saccharum spontaneum .

Chaitoregma tattakana (Takahashi, 1925)

A large sample in BMNH (coll. Lau), from Arundinaria shiuyingiana at Eagle’s Nest, Fei Ngo Shan (NT).