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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE “BLACK-BACKED” SPECIES OF APHIS L. (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) ON LEGUMINOSAE IN NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A.G. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2

Abstract

Five species of Aphis Linnaeus from Leguminosae in North America which have large dorsal sclerotized areas on apterous viviparous females are known: A. craccae Linnaeus, A. craccivora Koch, A. cytisorum Hartig, A. astragalina Hille Ris Lambers, and A. gallowayi sp.nov., described from Astragalus pectinatus Douglas, Bow Valley Provincial Park, Alberta.

Résumé

Cinq espèces de Aphis Linnaeus, qui ont de larges taches dorsales sclérificiées sur les femelles aptères vivipares inféodées aux légumineuses en Amérique du Nord, sont connues : A. craccae Linnaeus, A. craccivora Koch, A. cytisorum Hartig, A. astragalina Hille Ris Lambers et A. gallowayi sp.nov., décrite de Astragalus pectinatus Douglas, du parc provincial Bow Valley, en Alberta.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1991

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