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Melaphis rhois

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Melaphis rhois (Fitch, 1866) Diagnosis

Diagnosis based on Pike et al. (2012). Resembling Pachypappella lactea but marginal wax gland plates on segments 1–6 in six longitudinal rows (in P. lactea in four rows on segments 3–6). Legs, antennae and rostrum short and stout; tarsi 1-segmented, ant. normally 4-segmented. RIV+V without pale subapical zone. Dioecious, alternating between leaf galls on Rhus glabra and R. hirta (syn. typhina, Anacardiaceae) and mosses (Bryophyta). In northern Europe anholocyclic on mosses. For detailed descriptions, see Pike et al. (2012).

Recorded secondary hosts

Brachytheciaceae: Eurhynchium striatum; Hypnaceae: Hyocomium armoricum, Hypnum; Polytrichaceae: Polytrichum commune; Sphagnaceae: Sphagnum.

Distribution

S (if correctly identified: Heie’s (1980) fig. 243 based on material from Sweden is probably Pachypappella lactea).

Notes

Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2015, Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea), pp. 1-55 in European Journal of Taxonomy 145 on page 22, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.145, http://zenodo.org/record/3787410

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URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC8787A503BF30FD43FCE76152B4A6

Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2015.145 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3787410 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC5FFFFA516BF25FFD7FF95602FB16A (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03FC8787A503BF30FD43FCE76152B4A6 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/163963614 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/22370/taxon/03FC8787A503BF30FD43FCE76152B4A6.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Aphididae
Genus
Melaphis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Aphidomorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fitch
Species
rhois
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Melaphis rhois (Fitch, 1866) sec. Albrecht, 2015

References

  • Pike K. S., Graf G., Foottit R. G., Maw H. E. L., von Dohlen C., Harpel J., Pantoja A., Emmert S. & Hagerty A. M. 2012. Eriosomatine aphids (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae) associated with moss and roots of conifer and willow in forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Canadian Entomologist 144: 555 - 576. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / tce. 2012.49
  • Heie O. E. 1980. The Aphidoidea of Fennoscandia and Denmark I. Mindaridae, Hormaphidae, Thelaxidae, Anoecidae and Pemphigidae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 9. Scandinavian Science Press, Klampenborg.