Tinocallis (Eotinocallis) platani (Kaltenbach, 1843)

Kanturski, Mariusz, Lee, Yerim & Depa, Lukasz, 2018, New records of an alien aphid species Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis from countries in central and northern Europe (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Calaphidinae), ZooKeys 730, pp. 1-16 : 2

Tinocallis (Eotinocallis) platani (Kaltenbach, 1843) Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Table 1

Redescription.

Alate viviparous female

Colour. Colour of live specimens: head and prothorax yellow with brown longitudinal stripes. The rest of thorax brown. ANT pale yellow with dark apices of segments, fore and middle legs pale yellow, hind legs with black femora and proximal part of tibiae. Wings pigmented on the area of pterostigma, media and Cu1b. Abdomen yellow with brown extensive spots on the dorsal side (Fig. 1b). Nymphs pale yellow (Fig. 1d). Pigmentation of mounted specimens: head and thorax brown. ANT pale with brown ANT I, ANT II and slightly darker apices of flagellar segments (Fig. 2b).

Morphometric characters. ANT 0.78-0.94 × BL and 0.25-0.27 × HW. ANT III with 16-26 slit-like secondary rhinaria (Fig. 3b). PT 0.23-0.25 × BASE. Other antennal ratios: ANT VI/ANT III 0.31-0.35, ANT V/ANT III 0.45-0.51, ANT IV/ANT III 0.55-0.60. Ant I with 3-4 setae, Ant II with 4, ANT III with 10-15 setae, ANT IV with 3-5 setae, ANT V with 2-4 setae, ANT VI with one basal seta. URS 0.18-0.20 × ANT III, 0.57 × ANT VI, and 1.04-1.09 × HT II. Pronotum without projections. Only very small protuberances, similar to those on the head are visible (Fig. 4b). Mesonotum without projections (Fig. 5b). HT II 0.17-0.18 × ANT III and 0.52-0.55 × ANT VI. Forewings without a radial sector. Stigma and media strongly bordered with fuscous basally as well as distally, with a dark spot over Cu1b (Fig. 6b). Hind legs with uniformly dark brown femora and proximal part of tibiae (Fig. 7b). Abdomen robust, pale with brown more or less extensive dorsal sclerites or broken crossbars. SIPH dark brown (Fig. 8b).

Material examined.

three alate viviparous females, GERMANY: Lehmen, 18 Aug 1936, No. BM1984-340, on Ulmus effusa (= U. laevis ), coll. D. Hille Ris Lambers (BMNH); three alate viviparous females, POLAND: Piekary Śląskie, 19 May 2015, No. 04/15/33 on Ulmus sp., coll. M. Kanturski & Ł. Depa ( UŚ); three alate viviparous females, Warszawa, 13 May 1962, No. R3953, on Ulmus laevis , coll. H. Szelegiewicz (ZMPA); four alate viviparous females, UNITED KINGDOM: London, Kew, 29 Jun 1965, No. BM1982-492, on Ulmus laevis , coll. H.L.G Stroyan (BMNH).