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Macrosiphum penfroense Stroyan 1979, new status

Description

Macrosiphum penfroense Stroyan 1979— new status

This was described as a subspecies of M. sileneum, but the consistent differences in morphology and host plant indicate that it should have separate species status (Watson 1982).

Notes

Published as part of Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1089 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273344

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aphididae
Genus
Macrosiphum
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stroyan
Species
penfroense
Taxonomic status
stat. nov.
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Watson, G. W. (1982) A biometric, electrophoretic and karyotypic analysis of British species of Macrosiphum (Homoptera; Aphididae). PhD Thesis, Univ. of London, 296 pp.