Parathoracaphis gooti (Takahashi, 1950)

Chen, Jing, Jiang, Li-Yun & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2016, Review of Parathoracaphis Takahashi, 1958 with description of a new species from China (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae), ZooKeys 623, pp. 61-73 : 64

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Aphididae

Parathoracaphis gooti (Takahashi, 1950)

Thoracaphis gooti Takahashi, 1950: 605.

Parathoracaphis gooti : Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers 1976: 336; Blackman and Eastop 1994: 799; Remaudière and Remaudière 1997: 188.

Distribution.

Malaysia.

Host plant.

Quercus sp.

Biology.

Infesting the undersides of leaves of host plant ( Takahashi 1950). The life cycle is unknown.

Comments.

Known only from the original description. The figure in Takahashi (1950) indicates that the dorsal prosoma of this species has 16 pairs of spine-like submarginal setae and 5 pairs of long and fine spinal setae, a pair of submarginal setae on head dorsum located near the front end, and 2 pairs between the eyes. The original description mentioned that the antennae of Parathoracaphis gooti are 3- or 4-segmented, the tarsi are distinctly 2-segmented, and the claws are slender.