A new species and two new records of Indomasonaphis Verma, 1971 (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from China
<i>Indomasonaphis</i> Verma, 1971 is a small genus primarily distributed in the southern Himalayan region. The genus is morphologically characterized by a concave frons; sparse, long, thick, and blunt or capitate dorsal setae; long clavate siphunculi; spinulose tarsi; and conspicuously hairy cauda. Based on the examination of Chinese specimens, the genus <i>Indomasonaphis</i> is recorded for the first time in China. A new species, <i>Indomasonaphis polygoni</i> Qiao & Xu, <b>sp. nov.</b> on <i>Polygonum</i> sp. is described here. Additionally, <i>Indomasonaphis anaphalidis</i> (Basu, 1964) and <i>Indomasonaphis rumicis</i> (Chakrabarti & Raychaudhuri, 1975) are newly recorded here from China. DNA barcode sequences of two species in the genus, <i>I. anaphalidis</i> (Basu) and <i>I. polygoni</i> Qiao & Xu, <b>sp. nov.</b> were obtained for the first time. Keys to the Chinese species in this genus have been constructed.
Authors
- Liyun Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2527-9613)
- Ying Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8950-7718)
- Gexia Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-6812)
- Shokhruz Nazarov
Institutions
- Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan (UZ)
- Ludong University (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ZooKeys
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1253.157130
- Primary Topic
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Type
- article
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