Aphidura iranensis
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Ordo: Hemiptera
Familia: Aphididae
Genus: Aphidura
Name
Aphidura iranensis Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante & Remaudière, 2013 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Apterous viviparous female (Fig. 6A). Colour in life unknown. Head brown. Vertex with spinules disposed in scattered groups. Prothorax and at least some of abdominal segment 2-4 with small marginal tubercles; abdominal segment 8 with 0-2, most frequently 1, small spinal tubercles. Mesosternal mammariform processes rounded and pale. Dorsal pigmentation and sclerotisation very variable. In several specimens (holotype included) prothorax with a complete band, mesothorax with a band with lateral windows, metathorax with two large spinopleural sclerites; abdominal segments 1-5 with several setiferous marginal sclerites, and a spinopleural patch, which has irregular edges and windows and may be coalesced with the metathoracic sclerites; abdominal segment 6 with small intersiphuncular and two postsiphuncular sclerites; segments 7 and 8 with brownish band; intersegmental sclerites are embodied in the above; spiracular sclerites inconspicuous. In less sclerotized and paler specimens the bands and patch are broken. Siphunculi slightly swollen, ornamented with denticulate scales, and paler than cephalic dorsum and dorsal thoracic-abdominal sclerotized areas. Cauda thin triangular, paler than siphunculi. Genital plate pale; anal plate coloured like cauda. Metric and meristic features in Table 4.
Types
Holotype: Apterous viviparous female (specimen 1), on Prunus sp., Khoy [30 km North] (West Azerbaijan), Iran, 1700 m, 7-VIII-1955, G. Remaudière leg. (sample i982). Paratypes: 5 apterous viviparous females, with the same collecting data as holotype.
Etymology
The specific name of the new species, iranensis, is an adjective that refers to Iran, in feminine.
Discussion
Aphidura iranensis sp. n. is the second species of the genus living on species of Prunus. Its distinctive features are summarized in the identification key to apterae of Aphidura in the general discussion, and in the following modification to the key to aphids on Prunus (Blackman and Eastop 1994[1]) for addition of Aphidura iranensis:
Original Description
- Nieto Nafría, J; Mier Durante, M; Remaudière, G; 2013: The genus Aphidura (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in the collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, with six new species ZooKeys, 318: 1-33. doi
Other References
- ↑ Blackman R, Eastop V (1994) Aphids on the World’s Trees. CAB International, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 8+1004 pp. Actualized 2013: Aphids on the World’s plants. An online identification and informative guide. http://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info [accessed April 2013]
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