Aphis verbenae Nevsky, 1929, nec. Macchiati, 1883 = Aphis mamonthovae Davletshina 1964

A. verbenae Nevsky is a junior homonym of A. verbenae Macchiati 1883, which is probably Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) . A. mamonthovae Davletshina is given as a possible synonym in Remaudière and Remaudière (1997), and we here adopt this name as the valid one for the species. It is closely related to the A. frangulae group, and European records of frangulae from Verbena are probably referable to this species, which is also recorded from N Africa (Ethiopia), Middle East (Lebanon, Turkey), C Asia and N India (BMNH collection, leg. S.S. Sekhon).