Taxonomic position of Hormaphis similibetulae Qiao & Zhang, 2004 (Hemiptera, Aphididae): molecular and biological evidence

By

Chen, Jing
Jiang, Li-Yun
Qiao, Gexia. 乔格侠, 1966-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

111

Pages

11-18

Subjects

biological evidence , China , Hormaphidinae , Hormaphis similibetulae , molecular evidence , new combination

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.111.1284

 

Abstract

The taxonomic position of Hormaphis similibetulae Qiao & Zhang, 2004 has been reexamined. The phylogenetic position of H. similibetulae was inferred by maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses on the basis of partial nuclear elongation factor-1α and mitochondrial tRNA leucine/cytochrome oxidase II sequences. The results showed that this species fell into the clade of Hamamelistes species, occupying a basal position, and was clearly distinct from other Hormaphis species. A closer relationship between H. similibetulae and Hamamelistes species was also revealed by life cycle analysis. Therefore, we conclude that H. similibetulae should be transferred to the genus Hamamelistes as Hamamelistes similibetulae (Qiao & Zhang), comb. n.