The First Report of the Aphid Genus Macromyzus (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Laos, with a Description of a New Species and Its Taxonomic Position
In this paper, the aphid genus <i>Macromyzus</i> Takahashi, 1960 is reported for the first time from Laos. A detailed description of the apterous viviparous female of a new species, <i>Macromyzus</i> (<i>Macromyzus</i>) <i>diplazius</i> sp. nov. associated with <i>Diplazium esculentum</i> is provided. For the first time, we conduct scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine the morphology and sensilla (antennae, mouthparts, and legs) of the representative of this genus. Furthermore, we update the taxonomic definition of the subgenus <i>Macromyzus</i> based on morphological characteristics, discuss the taxonomic position of the new species, and provide an identification key to all known <i>Macromyzus</i> species.
Authors
- Mariusz Kanturski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1674-1028)
- Minho Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-8928)
- Seunghwan Lee
- Chitpasong Santammavong
Institutions
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (LA)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- University of Silesia in Katowice (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insects
- Published
- 2024-12-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15121015
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Ministry of Environment
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Education, India
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
- Jeonbuk National University
- National Institute of Biological Resources