Cavariella pastinacae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Xu, Ying, Chen, Jing, Jiang, Li-Yun & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2023, Cavariella Del Guercio (Hemiptera, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini) in China, with a new species, new synonymies, and first country records, ZooKeys 1169, pp. 235-292 : 235

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1169.98552

publication LSID

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scientific name

Cavariella pastinacae (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Cavariella pastinacae (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL View at ENA

Figs 21 View Figure 21 , 35B View Figure 35

Aphis pastinacae Linnaeus, 1758: 451.

Specimens examined.

One ap. viv. fem. and one ala. viv. fem., Mongolia, 11.VII.2010, No. 24728, on Apiaceae , coll. L.Y. Jiang ; two ap. viv. fems., Mongolia, 15.VII.2010, No. 24756, on Apiaceae , coll. L.Y. Jiang ; one ap. viv. fem. (slide) and one ap. viv. fem. (COI: OP956153 View Materials ), China: Xinjiang, 2.VII.2022, No. 55639, on Apiaceae , coll. Y. Xu.

Diagnosis.

Antennae 6-segmented (Fig. 21C View Figure 21 ), PT> 3.46 × Ant. VIb; ABD TERG VIII with short rectangular supra-caudal process (Fig. 21I View Figure 21 ); URS wedge-shaped (Fig. 21D View Figure 21 ), 1.07-1.15 × HT II; SIPH clavate and swollen at middle (Fig. 21H View Figure 21 ); cauda broadly tongue-shaped (Fig. 21J View Figure 21 ), with 6-8 setae.

Comment.

The species is first recorded in China. The species resembles Cavariella angelicae , but differs as follows: antennae 6-segmented, PT 3.46 × Ant. VIb ( C. angelicae : antennae 5-segmented, PT 1.95-2.39 × Ant. Vb); SIPH clavate, swollen at middle and constricted distally, with a subapical annular incision ( C. angelicae : SIPH cylindrical, no swollen, without annular incision); Ant. III-IV with 46, two circular secondary rhinaria in alatae ( C. angelicae : only Ant. III with 43 circular secondary rhinaria in alatae).

Biology.

Primary host plant Salix ; secondary host plant Apiaceae including Heracleum , Pastinaca , Angelica , Carum , Chaerophyllum , Cicuta , Foeniculum and Torilis ( Blackman and Eastop 2022). The species feeds on tender tips (Fig. 35B View Figure 35 ).

Distribution.

China (Xinjiang), Argentina, Australia, Europe, Mongolia, North America ( Blackman and Eastop 2022).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Aphididae

Genus

Cavariella