Title
A new species of Uroleucon (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Madia (Asteraceae) in Chile
Date Issued
01 January 2005
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad de Concepción
Publisher(s)
Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil
Abstract
Uroleucon is one of very few aphid genera that have species indigenous to South America. A new species of aphid from Chile is described and illustrated, Uroleucon eumadiae sp. nov., living on the two South American species of the genus Madia (Asteraceae): M. sativa Mol. and M. chilensis (Nutt.) Reiche. Morphological characters are discussed and the characters by which this aphid species may be distinguished from related ones are given. The long, hairy last rostral segment of the new species suggests strongly a feeding adaptation, and parallels that of a North American Madia-feeding species in the same genus which is not, however, closely related.
Start page
221
End page
225
Volume
34
Issue
2
Language
(Other)
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34548050521
Source
Neotropical Entomology
ISSN of the container
1519566X
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