Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum

Zhang, Dong & Qiao, Gexia, 2010, Mollitrichosiphum Suenaga from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae), with the description of one new species, Zootaxa 2608, pp. 1-24 : 9-10

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum (van der Goot)

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Trichosiphum montanum van der Goot, 1918: 179.

Greenidea montanum (van der Goot): Takahashi, 1930: 323.

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) alni Ghosh, Ghosh & Raychaudhuri, 1970: 200 .

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) alnifoliae Chakrabarti & Raychaudhuri, 1978: 98 .

Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum (van der Goot): Ghosh & Agarwala, 1993: 287; Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 177.

Material examined. China, Xizang: Lhasa, 15.ix.1975, No. 6172, 15 apterous viviparous females, 8 alate viviparous females and 2 viviparous nymphs on Juglans mandshurica (Z.Q. Wang) ; Yangbajing, 20.ix.1975, No. 6176, 18 viviparous nymphs (Z.Q. Wang); Chayu, 14.vii.1973, No.5278, 4 apterous viviparous females and 6 apterous viviparous nymphs on Alnus cremastogyne (F.S. Huang) ; Dalong, alt. 4200m, 9.ix.1975, No. 6164, 15 apterous viviparous females, 2 alate viviparous females and 3 apterous viviparous nymphs (Z.Q. Wang); Chayu, alt. 1950m, 22.viii.2005, No. 18324, 3 apterous viviparous females, 4 alate viviparous females and 1 apterous viviparous nymph; Tongmai, alt. 2049m, 31.viii.2005, No. 18383, 3 apterous viviparous females on Fagus longipetiolata . China, Yunnan: Kunming, 13.v.1980, No. 7080, 20 apterous viviparous females and 2 apterous viviparous nymphs on Alnus sp. (T.S. Zhong & L. Y. Wang); Kunming, 7.viii.1983, No. Y 7819, 7 apterous viviparous females, 5 apterous viviparous nymphs and 2 alate viviparous nymphs. (B. Y. Ye).

Distribution. China (Guangdong, Yunnan, Xizang), India.

Host plants. Juglans mandshurica (Juglandaceae) , Alnus cremastogyne (Betulaceae) and Fagus longipetiolata (Fagaceae) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum (van der Goot), apterous viviparous female: a. dorsal view of head; b. antennal segment III; c. antennal segment VI; d. ultimate rostral segment; e. mesosternal furca; f. hind tibia, tarsi and claws; g. dorsal hair on abdominal tergite VIII; h. siphunculus; i. cauda; j. anal plate; k. genital plate. Alate viviparous female: l. antennal segment III. m – n. First instar nymph. m. dorsal view of body; n. antennal segments II – IV. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 11. D orsal view of body, a. Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima) (apterous viviparous female), b. Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima) (alate viviparous female), c. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) luchuanum (Takahashi) (apterous viviparous female), d. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum (van der Goot) (apterous viviparous female), e. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) montanum (van der Goot) (alate viviparous female), f. Mollitrichosiphum (Metatrichosiphon) nandii Basu (alate viviparous female).