Two new species of the genus Aphis (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from Chile on host species of Alstroemeriaceae and Ericaceae

By

López Ciruelos, Sara I.
Brown, Paul A.
Nieto Nafría, Juan M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

738

Pages

37-45

Subjects

Aphididae , Aphids , Chile , Gaultheria , Luzuriaga , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21966

 

Abstract

Specimens from Southern Chile belonging to two undescribed aphid species held at the Natural History Museum in London have been studied. Aphis luzuriagae sp. n. collected on Luzuriaga radicans and on other unidentified Luzuriaga species (Alstroemeriaceae) is described from apterous and alate viviparous females. Aphis gaultheriae sp. n. collected on Gaultheria mucronata (Ericaceae) is described from apterous viviparous females. Taxonomic peculiarities of both species are discussed.