Abstract
Specimens were studied of 65 samples of the genus Aphidura (Aphididae, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini) from the collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris). The possible synonymies of three pairs of species are discussed. New aphid host plant relationships are reported for Aphidura bozhkoae, Aphidura delmasi, Aphidura ornata, Aphidura pannonica and Aphidura picta; this last species is recorded for first time from Afghanistan. The record of Aphidura pujoli from Pakistan is refuted. The fundatrices, oviparous females and males of Aphidura delmasi are described. Six new species are established: Aphidura gallica sp. n. and Aphidura amphorosiphon sp. n. from specimens caught on species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) from France and Iran, respectively, Aphidura pakistanensis sp. n., Aphidura graeca sp. n. and Aphidura urmiensis sp. n. from specimens caught on species of Dianthus, Gypsophila and Spergula (Caryophyllaceae) from Pakistan, Greece and Iran, respectively, and Aphidura iranensis sp. n. from specimens caught on Prunus sp. from Iran. Modifications are made to the keys by Blackman and Eastop to aphids living on Dianthus, Gypsophyla, Silene, Spergula and Prinsepia and Prunus (Rosaceae). An identification key to apterous viviparous females of species of Aphidura is also provided.
Highlights
IntroductionHille Ris Lambers studied some samples of Aphidura (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini) belonging to the Remaudière collection, which was at that time at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, but later moved to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
Its distinctive features are summarized in the identification key to apterae of Aphidura in the general discussion, and in the following modification to the key to aphids on Dianthus (Blackman and Eastop 2006) for addition of A. pakistanensis: ABD TERG 1 and 7 without MTu
Aphidura graeca sp. n. lives on Gypsophila, as does A. gypsophilae, and A. pannonica, which has been above recorded on this plant-genus for first time
Summary
Hille Ris Lambers studied some samples of Aphidura (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini) belonging to the Remaudière collection, which was at that time at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, but later moved to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. They made preliminary works to describe several new species of this genus, but the work was interrupted and a manuscript draft was never prepared due to the illness and death in April 1984 of Hille Ris Lambers. Some years later Remaudière did establish one new species in this genus (Remaudière 1989) but this was from specimens that had not been part of his studies with Hille Ris Lambers
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