Aspidophorodon salicis Miyazaki, 1971

Xu, Ying, Jiang, Li-Yun, Chen, Jing, Kholmatov, Bakhtiyor Rustamovich & Qiao, Ge-Xia, 2022, Six new species of Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China, ZooKeys 1106, pp. 1-55 : 1

Aspidophorodon salicis Miyazaki, 1971

Aspidophorodon salicis Miyazaki 1971: 183; Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers 1976: 96; Blackman and Eastop 1994: 569.

Aspidophorodon sinisalicis Zhang: Zhang and Zhong 1980: 58.

Trichosiphonaphis lijiangensis Zhang, Zhong and Zhang 1992: 389.

Aspidophorodon (Aspidophorodon) salicis Miyazaki: Remaudière and Remaudière 1997: 74; Stekolshchikov and Novgorodova 2010: 44; Chen et al. 2015: 567.

Specimens examined.

Two alate viviparous females and 13 apterous viviparous females, China: Yunnan ( Lijiang City ), 27.V.1980, No. 7165, on Salix sp., coll. T.S. Zhong and L.Y. Wang ; two apterous viviparous females, China: Gansu (Minxian County), 16.X.1985, No. 8326-1-4, on Salix matsudana var. tortuosa , coll. J.H. Li ; four apterous viviparous females, China: Xinjiang (Burqin County), 23.VII.2007, No. 20604, host plant unknown, coll. D. Zhang ; four apterous viviparous females, China: Ningxia (Jingyuan County, Mt. Liupan , altitude 1984 m), 26.VI.2008, No. 21540, on Salix sp., coll. J. Chen ; one apterous viviparous female and one alate viviparous female, China: Sichuan ( Leshan City ), 12.VI.2009, No. 23167, on Salix sp., coll. J. J. Yu and X. Y. Li ; one apterous viviparous female, China: Beijing ( Mt. Baihua ), 24.VIII.2015, No. 35920-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. H. Long ; one apterous viviparous female, China: Hebei ( Mt. Wuling ), 18.VII.2016, No. 37942-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. R.J. Zhang and S.F. Xu ; two apterous viviparous females, China: Shaanxi ( Ankang City ), 16.VII.2017, No. 41014-1-1, on Salicaceae , coll. H. Long and J.F. Ji ; one apterous viviparous female, China: Sichuan (Ganzi County), 18.VII.2017, No. 45762-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. J.F. Ji ; one apterous viviparous female, China: Sichuan ( Mianyang City ), 21.VII.2017, No. 41297-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. C. Gao ; two apterous viviparous females (slides) and one apterous viviparous female (COI: OK668443 ), China: Hebei ( Mt. Xiaowutai ), 6.V.2021, No. 49999-1-1, on Salix sp., coll. Y. Xu.

Host plant.

Polygonum sp., Salix pseudotangii , Salix udensis , Salix sp.

Distribution.

China (Beijing, Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Yunnan), Japan, Russia (Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands).

Biology.

This species colonizes the undersides of leaves of its host plant (Fig. 21H-J ).

Figures

Figure 21. The ecological photos of Aspidophorodon in the field A an aptera of Aspidophorodon capitatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. on underside of leaf B, C the apterae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang) on main veins and part lateral veins of underside of leaf D, E the apterae, alatae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang, Zhong & Zhang) on main veins and part lateral veins of underside of leaves F an aptera and a nymph of Aspidophorodon harvense Verma on a twig G the apterae of Aspidophorodon obtusum Qiao on underside of leaf H-J the apterae and nymphs of Aspidophorodon salicis Miyazaki on underside of leaf.