Aspidophorodon harvense Verma, 1967

Figs 3, 4, 5, 21F

Aspidophorodon harvense Verma 1967: 507; Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers 1976: 96; Blackman and Eastop 1994: 569.

Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) harvense Verma: Remaudière and Remaudière 1997: 73; Stekolshchikov and Novgorodova 2010: 44; Chen et al. 2015: 558.

Specimens examined.

Two apterous viviparous females (slides) and one apterous viviparous female (COI: OK668440), China: Sichuan (Ganzi City, Minya Konka, 29.90°N, 102.03°E, altitude 4031 m), 30.VII.2019, No. 45939-1-1, No. 45942-1-1-2, on Spiraea sp., coll. J.F. Ji; one alate viviparous female, No. 45942-1-1-1, with the same collection data as apterous viviparous females .

Comment.

Aspidophoron being neuter, the adjectival specific epithet is also neuter, so harvensis is revised as Aspidophoron harvense .

Host plant.

Spiraea sp. ( Rosaceae) (Fig. 21F), however, this species was collected from Salix sp. in Kashmir in May (Verma 1967).

Distribution.

China (Sichuan), Kashmir.

Biology.

The species mostly colonizes along veins on the undersides of leaves (Verma 1967).