Parathoracaphis cheni (Takahashi, 1936)

Chen, Jing, Jiang, Li-Yun & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2016, Review of Parathoracaphis Takahashi, 1958 with description of a new species from China (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae), ZooKeys 623, pp. 61-73 : 63

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Aphididae

Parathoracaphis cheni (Takahashi, 1936)

Thoracaphis cheni Takahashi, 1936: 21.

Parathoracaphis cheni : Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers 1976: 336; Blackman and Eastop 1994: 799; Remaudière and Remaudière 1997: 188; Tao 1999: 22.

Specimens examined.

Twelve apterous viviparous females, CHINA: Zhejiang (Huangyan), Jan 1934, on Myrica rubra , coll. F.G. Chen (NHM).

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang).

Host plant.

The host plant is recorded as Myrica rubra with a question mark in the original description ( Takahashi 1936). We think it may be an erroneous record.

Biology.

Sitting tightly on the undersides of leaves of host plant ( Takahashi 1936, Blackman and Eastop 1994). The life cycle is unknown.