A new Shivaphis species (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on the Chinese endemic plant,Pteroceltis tatarinowii

摘要

Anew species of aphid in subfamily Calaphidinae, Shivaphis pteroceltis sp. n., is described from China. This aphid feeds on Pteroceltis tatarinowii, an endemic tree commonly planted as an ornamental in China and used in the production of Xuan paper. The life cycle is described, and the descriptions of fundatrices, apterous and alate viviparae, oviparae and males are provided. COI sequences have been deposited in Genbank, and the type specimens are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Forestry Bureau of Central District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, China.