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THE CORRECT HOST PLANTS OF THE APHID AULACORTHUM PTERINIGRUM RICHARDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

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

Extract

Richards (1972) described Aulacorthum pterinigrum from a holotype and eight paratypes on Pteris sp., Vancouver, B.C., 15 June 1967 (Fitz-Gerald), and two paratypes on Vaccinium sp., Terrace, B.C., 18 July 1960 (W.R. Richards). Chan has recently discovered that the holotype and paratype slides from “Pteris” should actually have been from Pieris sp., not Pteris sp. Pieris is a genus in the family Ericaceae, as also is the genus Vaccinium, mentioned above for two paratypes.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1988

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