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Six new species of Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China

Ying XuInstitute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan, Bagishamol Str., 232b, Tashkent 100053, Uzbekistan University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaLiyun JiangKey Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1-5 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing ChinaJing ChenInstitute of ZoologyBakhtiyor KholmatovCollege of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent UzbekistanGexia QiaoInstitute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan, Bagishamol Str., 232b, Tashkent 100053, Uzbekistan University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
ZooKeysjournal2022en
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Abstract

The genus Aspidophorodon Verma is presented including six new species from China namely Aspidophorodon capitatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon longicornutum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon reticulatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon furcatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon longirostre Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. and Aspidophorodon obtusirostre Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon cornuatum Qiao 2015, is considered as a junior synonym of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang Zhong & Zhang 1992), syn. nov. Two species Aspidophorodon harvense Verma and Aspidophorodon indicum (David Rajasingh & Narayanan) are recorded for the first time in China. The genus is mainly distributed in East Asia and is represented by 15 species in the world of which 12 are found in China. Keys to the species of Aspidophorodon are given.

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Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlPlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant and animal studies

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10.3897/zookeys.1106.77912

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