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Issue: Vol. 3626 No. 1: 12 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.4
Page range: 94–98
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

The sexuales of giant black bark aphid, Pterochloroides persicae (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea: Lachninae)

University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Zoology, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Zoology, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Zoology, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Hemiptera Aphidoidea Lachninae Pterochloroides persicae sexuales

Abstract

The oviparous female and male of the giant black bark aphid Pterochloroides persicae (Cholodkovsky) are described and illustrated for the first time. Notes on distribution, biology and host plants are presented.

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