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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



APHIDOLETES Kicff. 



Aphidoletes and Bremia are peculiar in that the setae and 

 circumfili of the male antennae are greatly produced on the 

 dorsal face. This genus is easily separated from Bremia by 

 the three well developed circumfili [fig. 45] ; and by the pulvilli 

 being long, usually over one half the length of the claw. The 



Fig. 45. Aphidoletes hamamelidis Felt, sth antennal segment of male, much 

 enlarged. (Original) 



ventral plate in the male is expanded distally and the anterior 

 and midclaws are strongly unidentate ; the, posterior claws are 

 simple. The wing is shown on plate 37, figure 4. 



All of the species of Aphidoletes presumably live at the ex- 

 pense of aphids or plant lice. 



Key to species 



a Legs very slender with a length 2]^ or 3 times that of the body ; tibiae 

 distinctly though slightly swollen apically 



