Takecallis Mastumura, 1917

Lee, Yerim & Lee, Seunghwan, 2018, A review of the genus Takecallis Mastumura in Korea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera, Aphididae), ZooKeys 748, pp. 131-149 : 133-134

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.748.23140

publication LSID

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scientific name

Takecallis Mastumura, 1917
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Takecallis Matsumura, 1917: 354, 373.

Type-species.

Takecallis bambusae Matsumura, 1917 (= T. arundicolens ) by original designation.

Generic diagnosis.

Alatae: Morphological features of Takecallis are similar to Subtakecallis Raychaudhuri and Pal in having a nose-like processus on the clypeus, and spinal abdominal setae surrounded by cribriform wax glands. However, this genus can be distinguished from the above genus by the following characters: PT/BASE ≥ 1.00 and spinal abdominal setae often at low elevations. Apterae are unknown.

Host plant.

Takecallis species occur on various bamboos such as Arundinaria spp., Bambusa spp., Dendrocalamus spp., Pseudosasa spp., Phyllostachys spp., Pleioblastus spp., and Sasa spp. ( Poaceae ).

Distribution.

This genus is native to the Oriental region, but one or more species occur as introduced populations in Australian, Ethiopian, Palearctic, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Aphididae