Macromyzus (Anthracosiphoniella) maculatus (Basu)

Su, Xiao-Mei & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2010, Macromyzus Takahashi (Hemiptera, Aphididae), a generic account, description of one new species, and keys to species, Zootaxa 2619, pp. 1-13 : 12

Macromyzus (Anthracosiphoniella) maculatus (Basu) newly recorded from China

Anthracosiphoniella maculatum Basu, 1969: 169 .

Macromyzus (Anthracosiphoniella) maculatus (Basu) : Raychaudhuri, 1980: 165; Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 108; Blackman & Eastop, 2006: 1191.

Material examined. 7 apterous viviparous females and 5 alate viviparous females, Sichuan (Emei Mountain), 12 August 1936, No. Y 7957, on a kind of fern, coll. Takahashi, R.; 1 apterous viviparous female and 1 apterous nymph, Guangxi (Napo County), 4 April 1998, No. 11733, on a kind of fern, coll. G.X. Qiao; 4 apterous viviparous females, Tibet (Pailong County, Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon), 2 September 2005, No. 18393 (2 slides), on a kind of fern, coll. D. Zhang.

Comments. The species is recognized for the first time in China.

Distribution. China: Sichuan, Guangxi, Tibet; India.

Biology. The species is associated with Asplenium esculentum (Aspleniaceae) , Athyrium sp. ( Polypodiaceae ) and Dryopteris molle (Dryopteridaceae) ( Raychaudhuri, 1980), and some unidentified ferns. They infest the underside of the fronds of the fern without causing distinct injury. The species reproduces viviparously throughout the year in Darjeeling, India. Ants do not attend the aphids ( Basu, 1969).