Aphids associated with Lamiaceae in Iran with redescription of Ovatus mentharius (van der Goot, 1913) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Mohsen Mehrparvar,
Seyed Mozaffar Mansouri,
Leila Malekpourzadeh
Abstract:There are 33 aphid species reported so far on Lamiaceae plants in Iran. In this research, a total of 19 aphid species belonging to 12 genera were collected on 20 host plant species. Furthermore, 33 associations between aphid species and host plants were recognized, of which six are new for Iran. Among the examined specimens, an Ovatus species collected on Mentha longifolia showed a complete range of intermediate biometric data of O. mentharius (van der Goot, 1913) and O. archangelskajae Kadyrbekov, 2008. In vi… Show more
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