Uroleucon (Lambersius) bielawskii ( Szelegiewicz, 1962 ), 1997

Kanturski, Mariusz & Barjadze, Shalva, 2020, A new species of the aphid genus Uroleucon from Lebanon, with notes on the systematic positions of U. altaicum, U. bielawskii and U. mulgedii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Zootaxa 4853 (4), pp. 548-561 : 558-559

Uroleucon (Lambersius) bielawskii ( Szelegiewicz, 1962)

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Dactynotus bielawskii Szelegiewicz, 1962: 59

Uroleucon (Lambersius) bielawskii ( Szelegiewicz, 1962) in Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 151

Material examined: PARATYPES. 1 apterous viviparous female, BULGARIA, Asenovgrad , 26.v.1959, host plant not specified, R. Bielawski leg., 1205, IECA ; 2 apterous viviparous females, on “Compositae”, 1205 IECA.

Non-type material: 4 apterous viviparous females, CROATIA, Dubrovnik , 29.ix.1978, on Lactuca viminea, J. Holman leg., 16973 (apt. 1-4), IECA ; 4 apterous viviparous females, 16973 (apt. 5-8), IECA; 2 apterous viviparous females, ROMANIA, Gura Văii, jud. Turnu Severia , 24.vii.1977, on L. viminea, J. Holman leg., 16767, IECA ; 3 apterous viviparous females, 16767, IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, UKRAINE, Crimea, Alušta , 23.vii.1960, on L. viminea, J. Holman leg., 3909a, IECA ; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909b, IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 1), IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 2), IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 3), IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 4), IECA;

Remarks. On the basis of the pigmentation of siphunculi (pigmented with pale bases), pale coxae and cauda, poorly developed, and pale sclerites and scleroites on the abdomen, we propose to transfer this species from the subgenus Uroleucon to subgenus Lambersius .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Apterous viviparous female of Uroleucon bielawskii.

FIGURE 9. Details of morphology of apterous viviparous female of Uroleucon bielawskii: (a) ANT III secondary rhinaria, (b) size and shape of secondary rhinaria, (c) ANT VI, (d) abdomen, (e) cauda.