Short Communication: Morphological characterizations of Aphis passeriniana (Del Guercio) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) living on common sage in Turkey

Abstract

Zarkani A, Turanlı F. 2018. Short Communication: Morphological characterizations of Aphis passeriniana (Del Guercio)(Hemiptera: Aphididae) living on common sage in Turkey. Biodiversitas 19: 1319-1325. Aphis passeriniana (Del Guercio) (Hemiptera:Aphididae) living on sage plant in Turkey is already recorded, but some morphological characterizations are still needed to extend.Here, morphometrics data of A. passeriniana is described from apterous viviparous females (fundatrigeniae and fundatrices) attackingSalvia officinalis Linnaeus (Lamiaceae) in Turkey. Seventy specimens were collected in Izmir province between January 2015 andDecember 2017. The study revealed that apterous viviparous females of A. passeriniana turkish species have body lenght of 0.715-1.407mm, rostal segment IV+V of 1.80-2.49 × hind tibia II, antennae processus terminalis/base of 1.4-1.8, siphunculus of 0.56-1.56 × caudalength and cauda of 3-6 setae. Biometric data of alate viviparous and intermediate individual between apterous and oviparous, and also arevision of identification key for the species within aphid species in Salvia are consisted.

Insect Pests Complex of Common Sage (Salvia officinalis L.) (Lamiaceae) and Their Natural Enemies

“…Aphis passeriniana (Del Guercio)The species does not host alternate, since it can also survive on S. fructicosa, S. splendens (scarlet-flowered sage) and S. verticillata (lilac sage)(Zarkani and Turanlı 2018). The symptoms of the aphid attack show distortion of leaves and young shoots with no wilting; honeydew on leaves and bud flowers with black sooty mold fungus; drawft…”