Parathoracaphis elongata (Takahashi, 1941)

Chen, Jing, Jiang, Li-Yun & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2016, Review of Parathoracaphis Takahashi, 1958 with description of a new species from China (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae), ZooKeys 623, pp. 61-73 : 63

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Aphididae

Parathoracaphis elongata (Takahashi, 1941)

Thoracaphis elongata Takahashi, 1941: 22.

Parathoracaphis elongata : Takahashi 1958: 14; Ghosh and Raychaudhuri 1973: 486; Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers 1976: 336; Blackman and Eastop 1994: 799; Remaudière and Remaudière 1997: 188.

Distribution.

Thailand.

Host plants.

Quercus sp. and other unspecified Fagaceae species.

Biology.

This species occurs in large numbers on the undersides of leaves of host plant ( Takahashi 1941). The life cycle is unknown.

Comments.

Known only from the original description. Takahashi (1941) mentioned that the dorsal prosoma of this species has 5 pairs of spine-like spinal setae, tarsi are unsegmented, and claws are absent.