Aphidura pakistanensis, Nieto Nafria, Juan-Manuel, Mier Durante, Milagros-Pilar & Remaudiere, Georges, 2013

Nieto Nafria, Juan-Manuel, Mier Durante, Milagros-Pilar & Remaudiere, Georges, 2013, The genus Aphidura (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in the collection of the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris, with six new species, ZooKeys 318, pp. 1-33 : 11-12

Aphidura pakistanensis sp. n.

Apterous viviparous female

(Fig. 5B). Colour in life unknown. Antennae, rostrum, legs, siphunculi, genital plate and cauda yellowish. Frontal tubercles low. Mesosternal mammariform processes low, rough and pale, sometimes inconspicuous. Dorsum of thorax and abdomen without segmental sclerites; intersegmental and spiracular sclerites inconspicuous. The characteristic spinules on postsiphuncular area and tergum of abdominal segments 7 and 8 are dispersed and delicate. Siphunculi short, slightly swollen and densely covered with scales. Cauda short triangular, with broad basis. Metric and meristic features in Table 4.

Types.

Holotype: Apterous viviparous female (specimen 1), on Dianthus sp. Kalam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan, 1800 m, 17-VIII-1991, Naumann-Etienne leg. [ Remaudière’s sample 014072]. Paratypes: 3 apterous viviparous females with the same data that the holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name of the new species is an adjective that refers to Pakistan, in feminine.

Discussion.

Aphidura pakistanensis sp. n. is the third species of the genus living on Dianthus . Its distinctive features are summarized in the identification key to apterae of Aphidura in the general discussion, and in the following modification to the key to aphids on Dianthus ( Blackman and Eastop 2006) for addition of Aphidura pakistanensis :