Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima)

Zhang, Dong & Qiao, Gexia, 2010, Mollitrichosiphum Suenaga from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae), with the description of one new species, Zootaxa 2608, pp. 1-24 : 19-22

Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima)

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Trichosiphum tenuicorpus Okajima, 1908: 22

Greenidea tenuicorpus (Okajima) : Takahashi, 1930: 325.

Paratrichosiphum tenuicorpus (Okajima) : Takahashi, 1931: 32.

Metatrichosiphon (Neotrichosiphon) tenuicorpus (Okajima) : Raychaudhuri, 1956: 88.

Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) shinjii Raychaudhuri, Ghosh, Banerjee & Ghosh, 1973: 70 .

Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima) : Raychaudhuri & Chatterjee, 1980: 355; Tao, 1990: 114; Ghosh & Agarwala, 1993: 273; Noordam, 1994: 125; Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 176.

Material examined. China, Taiwan: Suisha, 2.x.1929, No. 18104, 5 alate viviparous females and 7 viviparous nymphs on Lithocarpus sp. (R. Takahashi) ( BMNH); Botan, 25.v.1934, No. 18104, 4 alate viviparous females (R. Takahashi) ( BMNH); China, Fujian: Mt. Wuyi, 30.vii.1983, No. 7741, 4 apterous viviparous females and 1 alate viviparous female (B.L. Zhang); Mt. Wuyi, alt. 820m, 6.vii.2003, No. 14421, 1 apterous viviparous female and 1 alate viviparous female on Castanea sp. (X.L. Huang); Mt. Wuyi, 19.vii.2003, No. 14537, 1 apterous viviparous female and 1 alate viviparous female on Castanopsis sclerophylla (G.X. Qiao & X.L. Huang) . China, Hainan: Bawangling, alt. 350m, 26.iii.2007, No. 19242, 3 apterous viviparous females and 1 alate viviparous female on Fagaceae (G.X. Qiao) ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 265m, 27.iii.2006, No. 18482, 1 apterous viviparous female and 2 alate viviparous females on Castanopsis indica ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 700m, 29.iii.2006, No. 18506, 4 apterous viviparous females on Cyclobalanopsis neglecta ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 265m, 27.iii.2006, No. 18487, 1 apterous viviparous female on Castanopsis indica ; Mt. Diaoluo, alt. 800m, 30.iii.2006, No. 18513, 2 alate viviparous females on Fagaceae ; Mt. Jianfeng, 16.xi.2006, No. 19521, 2 apterous viviparous females and 4 apterous viviparous nymphs on Quercus sp. (X.L. Huang); Jianfengling, alt. 900m, 5.iii.1984, No. 7809, 1 alate viviparous female on Quercus sp. (T.S. Zhong); Changjiang: Bawangling, alt. 1015m, 8.v.2007, No. 19611, 1 alate viviparous female; Jianfengling, alt. 520m, 15.xii.2007, No. 20866, 2 alate viviparous females on Fagaceae (X. Y. Wang) . China, Guangdong: Shixing: Chebaling, alt. 400m, 13.iv.2006, No. 18614, 1 apterous viviparous female and 2 alate viviparous females on Castanopsis carlesii ; Chebaling, alt. 400m, 17.iv.2006, No. 18644, 1 apterous viviparous female on Castanopsis carlesii . China, Guangxi: Yulin: Liuwanhe, 18.x.1981, No. Y 6644, 2 alate viviparous females, 1 apterous viviparous nymphs and 3 alate viviparous nymphs on Castanopsis hystrix (X.M. Huang) ; Beiliu, 25.v.1981, No. Y 6614, 10 apterous viviparous nymphs on Castanopsis hystrix ( Y.D. He) ; Rongxian, 3.vii.1981, No. Y 6636, 11 apterous viviparous nymphs on Castanopsis hystrix ( Y.D. He) ; Rongxian, 8.vii.1981, No. Y 6629, 10 apterous viviparous nymphs and 1 alate viviparous nymph on Castanopsis hystrix ( Y.D. He) ; Longsheng, 18.v.2006, No. 18892, 4 apterous viviparous females on Fagaceae (J.F. Wang) . China, Yunnan: Simao: Meizihu, 27.vii.2007, No. 20530, 1 apterous viviparous females and 4 alate viviparous females on Castanopsis ferox (G.X. Qiao) ; Baoshan: Baihualing, 20.ix.2002, No. 13361, 3 apterous viviparous females, 2 apterous viviparous nymphs and 2 alate viviparous nymphs on Meliosma rigida (X.H. Ou) . China, Xizang: Medog, 14.viii.2003, No. 15381, 4 apterous viviparous females on Alnus cremastogyne (G.X. Qiao & X.L. Huang) .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Xizang, Taiwan), India, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia.

Host plants. Castanopsis spp ., Cyclobalanopsis neglecta (Fagaceae) , Meliosma rigida (Sabiaceae) and Alnus cremastogyne (Betulaceae) .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Mollitrichosiphum (Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus (Okajima), 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. 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).