Aphis villosus Hartig, 1841

Brunet, Bryan M. T., Raupach, Michael J., Rehage, Heinz-Otto, Havill, Nathan P. & Foottit, Robert G., 2023, Discovery of the primary aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) and scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) type specimens from the collection of Theodor Hartig (1805 - 1880), Zootaxa 5369 (1), pp. 89-116 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10166482
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scientific name	Aphis villosus Hartig, 1841
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Aphis villosus Hartig, 1841 View in CoL

Aphis villosus Hartig, 1841: 369 View in CoL . SYNTYPES: 9 (298 [7.11]; 300 [7.12]; field no. missing [7.13, 7.14]; 359 [7.15]), Acer View in CoL . Periphyllus villosus ( Hartig, 1841) View in CoL (change of combination—Börner, 1952: 51).

Periphyllus testudinaceus ( Fernie, 1852) View in CoL (junior synonym— Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers, 1976: 349, “?”). Valid

Specimens. Nine alates on five pins. Two specimens (298) on one pin collected on May 8, 1836, and another on a separate pin (300). Specimens on 298 collected from maple in Tiergarten , Berlin, Germany. Specimen 300 collected from Sorbus View in CoL . Date and location not given but assumed to be the same as for specimen 298. Two specimens on each of two unlabelled pins with unknown collection information. Two specimens on a single pin (359) collected from maple on May 15, 1836 in Tiergarten.

Remarks. Confirmation of the synonymy with Periphyllus testudinaceus ( Fernie, 1852) is needed as Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers (1976) expressed uncertainty in this treatment.