Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis Higuchi, 1972

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 : 1-2

Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis Higuchi, 1972 Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Table 1

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Alate viviparous female

Colour. Colour of live specimens: head and thorax black, ANT pale yellow with dark apices of segments, fore and middle legs pale yellow, hind legs pale yellow with black distal part of femora and proximal part of tibiae. Wings pigmented on the area of pterostigma, media and Cu1b. Abdomen yellow (Fig. 1a, c). Pigmentation of mounted specimens: head and thorax brown (Fig. 1a). ANT pale with brown ANT I and ANT II and slightly darker apices of flagellar segments (Fig. 2a). Morphometric characters. ANT 0.76-1.00 × BL and 0.26-0.27 × HW. ANT III with 17-21 slit-like secondary rhinaria (Fig. 3a). PT 1.13-1.19 × BASE. Other antennal ratios: ANT VI/ANT III 0.57-0.64, ANT V/ANT III 0.52-0.54, ANT IV/ANT III 0.52-0.61. Ant I with 3 setae, Ant II with 2-3, ANT III with 9-13 setae, ANT IV with 2 setae, ANT V with 2-3 setae, ANT VI with one basal seta. URS 0.18 × ANT III, 0.28-0.32 × ANT VI, and 0.90-1.00 × HT II. Pronotum with two finger-like projections on the distal part (Fig. 4a). Mesonotum with two large, imbricated projections with rounded apices (Fig. 5a). HT II 0.18-0.20 × ANT III and 0.31-0.32 × ANT VI. Forewings with distal branches of media bordered with fuscous and with more-or-less extensive fuscous patches at distal ends of Cu and Cu1b (Fig. 6a). Hind legs with dark distal part of femora and proximal part of tibiae (Fig. 7a). Abdomen pale, SIPH pale on basal part and pale brown on apex. Abdomen without sclerotisation besides very small darker projections on ABD III–V (Fig. 8a).

Material examined.

Six alate viviparous females, CZECH REPUBLIC: Moravskoslezský kraj (Opava and vicinity), 18 Aug 2017, No. 08/17/5, on Ulmus glabra , coll. M. Kanturski ( UŚ); five alate viviparous females, DENMARK: North East Zealand (Copenhagen), 18 Jun 2017, No. 05/17/3, on Ulmus sp., coll. M. Kanturski ( UŚ); 15 alate viviparous females, POLAND: Upper Silesia (Katowice), 12 Jul 2017, No. 07/172b, on Ulmus glabra ‘Pendula’, coll. M. Kanturski ( UŚ).

Additional material examined.

six alate viviparous females, CHINA: Xiangshan Botanic Garden, 25 May1985, No. VFE18142, RLB3615, on Ulmus sp., coll. R. Blackmam & V. Eastop (BMNH); three alate viviparous females, UNITED KINGDOM: Humberside, 16 Oct 1997, No. BM1999-7 on Zelkova serrata , coll. not known (BMNH).