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Cryptic species in the aphid genus Melaphis Walsh (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Eriosomatinae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2017

R.G. Foottit  and
H.E.L. Maw
R.G. Foottit*
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre and Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
H.E.L. Maw
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre and Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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1Corresponding author (e-mail: robert.foottit@agr.gc.ca)
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Abstract

Melaphis rhois Fitch (Hemiptera: Aphididae) has been considered the only North American representative of the aphid subtribe Melaphidina. Molecular and morphometric analysis indicates that there are at least three sympatric cryptic melaphidine species in North America. Melaphis asafitchinew species is described and M. rhois is redefined and a neotype designated. The name Melaphis minuta Baker cannot be assigned to either of these species. Details of the life cycles of Melaphis Walsh species, including the existence of ovoviviparity in sexual females, is discussed.

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Systematics & Morphology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 150 , Issue 1 , February 2018 , pp. 35 - 65
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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2017 

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