Indomasonaphis rumicis
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Indomasonaphis rumicis (Chakrabarti & Raychaudhuri, 1975) Figs 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 E, F, Table 1 Specimens examined. China: Xizang. • One apterous viviparous female, Yadong County, 17.VIII.2010, No. 25927-1-1, on Rumex sp., coll. Y. Wang; • one apterous viviparous female, Zhangmu County, 3.VIII.2019, No. 46042-1-1, on Rumex sp., coll. T. T. Xu. Diagnosis. URS wedge-shaped (Figs 9 B, 11 D), 1.67–2.78 × basal width, 0.88 × 2 HT, with 4–6 accessory setae; Ant. III – IV in alatae with 63–67, 4–6 secondary rhinaria, respectively; SIPH long clavate (Figs 10 E, 11 G); cylindrical at basal 1 / 2, then distinctly expanded at distal 1 / 2, and then gradually attenuated to apex, apical part of SIPH with 2–4 rows of imbrications, 0.17–0.18 × body length; cauda wide conical (Figs 10 C, 11 H), 1.67–1.80 × BW cauda, with 15–17 setae; first tarsal chaetotaxy: 3, 3, 3. Biology. The species feeds on the underside of leaves of Rumex sp. without causing noticeable damage (Fig. 13 E, F), and also has been recorded on Oxyria digyna and Gerbera sp. in India (Chakrabarti and Raychaudhuri 1975). Distribution. India: Uttar Pradesh (Chakrabarti and Raychaudhuri 1975). This species is recorded here for the first time from China, in Xizang Autonomous Region.
Authors: Nazarov, Shokhruz, Xu, Ying, Jiang, Li-Yun, Qiao, Ge-Xia
Language: English
Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7083689277
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