Myzus ascalonicus Doncaster 1946

Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), Zootaxa 1089, pp. 1-36 : 29

Myzus ascalonicus Doncaster 1946 transferred to Myzus subgenus Sciamyzus

This widely distributed polyphagous species (the Shallot Aphid) has previously been placed in Myzus subgenus Nectarosiphon , but apart from the clavate siphunculi it has little in common with members of that subgenus. We consider it is more usefully placed in subgenus Sciamyzus along with the superficially rather similar aphid M. cymbalariae , although it has certain features (shape of siphunculi, shape of antennal tubercles, dorsal abdominal sclerotic pattern of alatae and peculiar antennal sensoriation of alatae) that set it apart from all other Myzus and, together with total absence of a sexual phase, suggest a possible hybrid origin.