Vol. 56, 2017

(update: 2017.4.27)

The Bhutan Pine Aphid Pseudessigella brachychaeta Hille Ris Lambers (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) From India Reveals the Hitherto Unknown Oviparous Female and Dwarfish Male

Mariusz Kanturski^1,*, Shahid Ali Akbar², and Colin Favret³

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¹Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; e-mail: mariusz.kanturski@us.edu.pl
²Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Entomology Division 190001, Jammu and Kashmir, India; e-mail: kingakbarali@gmail.com
³Department of Biological Sciences, Biodiversity Centre, University of Montreal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke est, Montreal, Quebec H1X 2B2, Canada; e-mail: ColinFavret@aphidnet.org

(Received 5 March 2017; Accepted 25 April 2017; Communicated by Chiun-Cheng Ko)

Mariusz Kanturski, Shahid Ali Akbar, and Colin Favret (2017) Here we describe the presence of the monotypic and poorly known aphid genus Pseudessigella Hille Ris Lambers (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) in India. So far, the genus has only been known from Punjab, Pakistan. Representatives of P. brachychaeta Hille Ris Lambers were collected from Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks. in the Yousmarg region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. Hitherto unknown oviparous females and dwarfish males, the latter reported in Eulachnini for the first time, are described and illustrated. The male’s antennal sensilla and genitalic morphology are additionally studied and presented using Scanning Electron Microscopy. Notes on the biology, distribution, and previously overlooked generic features are given. We provide morphological identification keys to the genera of the tribe Eulachnini and to the species of aphid living on P. wallichiana.

Key words: Aphid, Dwarfism, Eulachnini, Genitalia, Pest.

*Correspondence: E-mail: mariusz.kanturski@us.edu.pl

Citation: Kanturski M, Akbar SA, Favret C. 2017. The Bhutan pine aphid Pseudessigella brachychaeta Hille Ris Lambers (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) from India reveals the hitherto unknown oviparous female and dwarfish male. Zool Stud 56:12. doi:10.6620/ZS.2017.56-12.