Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992)

Xu, Ying, Jiang, Li-Yun, Chen, Jing, Kholmatov, Bakhtiyor Rustamovich & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2022, Six new species of Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China, ZooKeys 1106, pp. 1-55 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1106.77912

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scientific name

Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992)
status

 

Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992)

Figs 18 View Figure 18 , 21B-E View Figure 21

Margituberculatus longituberculatum Zhang, Zhong & Zhang 1992: 382; Remaudière and Remaudière 1997: 117; Blackman and Eastop 2006: 1219.

Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) cornuatum Qiao: Chen et al. 2015: 558. Syn. nov.

Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang): Chen et al. 2015: 570.

Specimens examined.

One alate viviparous female (Holotype), China: Yunnan (Lijiang City, Mt. Yulongxue , altitude 2900 m), 27.V.1980, No. 7165-1-1-1, on Polygonum sp., coll. T.S. Zhong and L.Y. Wang ; Holotype and paratypes of Aspidophorodon cornuatum Qiao , 2015 syn. nov.: one apterous viviparous female, China: Tibet (Yadong County, 27.52°N, 88.97°E, altitude 2800 m), 15.VIII.2010, No. 25908-2-3-1, on Salix cupularis , coll. Y. Wang GoogleMaps ; five apterous viviparous females, with the same collection data as holotype. Other materials: one alate viviparous female, China: Tibet (Yadong County), 11.VII.2014, 32672-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. J. Chen and X.C. Zhu GoogleMaps ; two apterous viviparous females, China: Tibet (Motuo County), 16.IX.2020, No. 49262-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. Y. Xu. ; one apterous viviparous female and one alate viviparous female (slide), one apterous viviparous female (COI: OK668444 View Materials ), one alate viviparous female (COI: OK668445 View Materials ), China: Tibet (Bomi County), 27.VI.2021, 51707-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. Y. Xu.

Comments.

The species was erected in genus Margituberculatus based on only one alate viviparous female ( Zhang et al. 1992). Then the species was removed to the genus Aspidophorodon as Aspidophorodon longituberculatum according to the characters of processes and siphunculi; meanwhile, Aspidophorodon cornuatum was described as a new species ( Chen et al. 2015). At that time, there were no alate viviparous females of Aspidophorodon cornuatum , so it was difficult to compare with the two species. After several surveys in southwest China, apterous viviparous female (Fig. 18C View Figure 18 ) and alate viviparous female (Fig. 18D View Figure 18 ) of Aspidophorodon cornuatum were collected. The alate viviparous female of Aspidophorodon cornuatum is with marginal processes on abdominal tergites I-IV (Fig. 18E View Figure 18 ) which is the same as Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Fig. 18A, B View Figure 18 ). The molecular data of alate viviparous females of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum and apterous viviparous females of Aspidophorodon cornuatum support they are the same species (Fig. 23 View Figure 23 ). So, Aspidophorodon cornuatum Qiao, 2015 should be considered as junior synonym of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992).

Aspidophoron being neuter, the adjectival specific epithet is also neuter, so longituberculatus is revised as Aspidophorodon longituberculatum .

Host plant.

Salix cupularis .

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Tibet).

Biology.

The species occurs on the undersides of leaves along the main vein of host plants (Fig. 21B-E View Figure 21 ).

Blackman, RL, Eastop, VF, 2006. Aphids on the World's Herbaceous Plants and Shrubs. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester

Chen, J, Zhang, B, Zhu, XC, Jiang, LY, Qiao, GX, 2015. Review of the aphid genus Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 with descriptions of three new species from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae). Zootaxa 4028 (4): 551 - 576, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.6

Remaudiere, G, Remaudiere, M, 1997. Catalogue of the World's Aphididae. HomopteraAphidoidea. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris

Zhang, GX, Zhong, TS, Zhang, WY, 1992. Homoptera: Aphidoidea. In: The Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Insects of the Hengduan Mountains Regions. Vol. 1. Science Press, Beijing: 360 - 403

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Figure 18. Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang, 1992). Alate viviparous female A dorsal view of body B dorsal view of abdomen. Apterous viviparous female C dorsal view of Aspidophorodon cornutus Qiao, 2015 syn. nov. Alate viviparous female D dorsal view of Aspidophorodon cornutum Qiao, 2015 syn. nov. E dorsal view of abdomen of Aspidophorodon cornutum Qiao, 2015 syn. nov. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.

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Figure 21. The ecological photos of Aspidophorodon in the field A an aptera of Aspidophorodon capitatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. on underside of leaf B, C the apterae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang) on main veins and part lateral veins of underside of leaf D, E the apterae, alatae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang) on main veins and part lateral veins of underside of leaves F an aptera and a nymph of Aspidophorodon harvense Verma on a twig G the apterae of Aspidophorodon obtusum Qiao on underside of leaf H-J the apterae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon salicis Miyazaki on underside of leaf.

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Figure 23. Neighbour-joining tree for Aspidophorodon samples based on COI sequences.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Aphididae

SubFamily

Aphidinae

Genus

Aspidophorodon

SubGenus

Aspidophorodon