Molecular data and species diagnosis in Essigella Del Guercio, 1909 (Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Lachninae)

By

Thery, Thomas
Kanturski, Mariusz
Favret, Colin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

765

Pages

103-122

Subjects

cryptic species , DNA sequences , Hemiptera , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.765.24144

 

Abstract

Morphological and molecular data are used to describe three new species ofEssigella(Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae: Lachninae):Essigelladomenechisp. n.,Essigellagagnonaesp. n., andEssigellasorensenisp. n.; and to re-establish as validEssigellapatchaeHottes, 1957,stat. n., until now considered a synonym ofE.piniWilson, 1919. The catalogue ofEssigellaspecies is updated. This study highlights the need and utility to use discreet DNA characters in aphid species diagnoses.