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TAXONOMIC NOTES ON APHIDS FROM NEPAL AND INDIA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW GENUS AND TWO NEW SPECIES (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Abstract
The genus Taoia and two new species, Taoia exotica from Alnus nepalensis D. Don. and Callaphis nepalensis from Juglans regia L., are described. Descriptions of Chromaphis hirsutustibis Kumar & Lavigne and of Tinocalloides montanus Basu are also given, together with keys to the so far known species of Taoia, Callaphis, and Chromaphis. Tuberdefectus eastopi Kumar & Lavigne is established as a synonym of T. montanus. The taxonomic position of these aphids is discussed.
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Description taxonomique du genre Taoia et de deux espèces nouvelles : Taoia exotica (trouvé sur Alnus nepalensis D. Don) et Callaphis nepalensis sur Juglans regia L. L’auteur redécrit Chromaphis hirsutustibis Kumar & Lavigne et Tinocalloides montanus Basu et dresse les clés des espèces connues de Taoia, Callaphis et Chromaphis. Tuberdefectus eastopi Kumar & Lavigne est classé synonyme de T. montanus. L’auteur discute la taxonomie de tous ces Aphididés.
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