Micromyzus granotiae A.K. Ghosh, M.R. Ghosh & Raychaudhuri 1970

Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), Zootaxa 1089, pp. 1-36 : 15

Micromyzus granotiae A.K. Ghosh, M.R. Ghosh & Raychaudhuri 1970 = Kaochiaoja arthraxonis (Takahashi 1921)

We place Micromyzus granotiae , described from Garnotia sp. (?) in West Bengal, as a synonym of Kaochiaoja arthraxonis because it is clearly part of the same group, although it was described as dark brown in life with a dusky head and a coating of wax, whereas K. arthraxonis was described as shining dark brown with yellowish brown head. Apterae of Japanese populations on various Gramineae (e.g. Microstegium , Digitaria ) currently regarded as K. arthraxonis were described as salmon pink to reddish brown in life, with a black head and dorsal abdominal patch ( Miyazaki 1971, as K. pollinae ). Further work is needed to establish whether or not this is all one variable species.