Aphis species (Hemiptera, Aphididae) living on Mulinum (Apiaceae) in South America, with a description of a new species

Abstract

Aphis species living on the South American native genus Mulinum are studied. Aphis vurilocensis Nieto Nafría, Brown and López Ciruelos, sp. n. is described from apterous viviparous females. Alate viviparous females, oviparous females and winged males of Aphis roberti are described. Knowledge of intraspecific variability of apterous viviparous females of A. martinezi, A. paravanoi and A. roberti is developed. An identification key of apterous viviparous females of Aphis species living on Mulinum is presented.

Una nueva especie de <em>Aphis</em> Linnaeus, 1758 (Hemiptera, Aphididae) recogida sobre <em>Gymnophyton</em> Clos (Apiaceae) en Argentina

“…n. is the 56th species of Aphis, in current sense of genus, recorded from South America, twenty-two are introduced and 34 are native (Ortego et al, 2013;López Ciruelos et al, 2016;Nieto Nafría et al, 2016a, 2016bGonzález Rodríguez et al, 2017). To establish the taxonomic identity of the new species, several characteristic of its apterous viviparous "big" and "small" females are confronted with selected more evident characteristics of other 55 species of Aphis and three close relatives belonging to genera Andinaphis and Protaphis (Table 2); firstly (1) presence (in A. cuyana) or lack of marginal tubercles on abdominal segment 7 and presence (in A. cuyana) or absence of posterior setae on genital plate, or (2) lack (in A. cuyana) or presence of marginal tubercles on abdominal segments 2-4, or (3) lack (in A. cuyana) or presence of marginal sclerotization on abdominal segments 2-4, and subsequently other qualitative or quantitative features if it were necessary.…”

Antalya, Karaman ve Muğla’dan belirlenen yeni kayıt afit (Hemiptera: Aphidoidae) türleri

“…Aphids are also economically important because of damaging cultural, naturally growing ornamental plants by feeding on them and invading other plants or zoo-geographic areas easily. In the world, 300 of 5600 aphids are considered severe economic pests (Rodrigez et al, 2017;Blackman & Eastop, 2023;Favret, 2023). They damage the plant species and they are reported to cause about 40-45% yield loses in developing countries, and 30-35% yield loses in developed countries (Ruberson, 1999).…”

Son Zamanlarda Yapılan Çalışmalara Göre Türkiye Afit Faunasıyla İlgili Öngörüler

“…World aphid fauna now consists of about 5100 species and more than 570 species belongs to Turkey aphid fauna, but recent studies have shown that it is likely to be more aphid species when new records from various regions of world were considered and recent studies have confirmed these expectations. Among these defined aphid species, about 300 of them are serious pest around the world (Rodrigez et al, 2017;Blackman and Eastop, 2019;Favret 2019). As aphid feeds on plant sap, they definitely need to plant species to survive, reproduce, growth and therefore they are the most important pest group damage to cultural, naturally growing plants and ornamental plants by feeding on them.…”