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Secondary host generation of the gall aphid Cerataphis jamuritsu (Homoptera)
Author(s) -
KUROSU Utako,
AOKI Shigeyuki,
WANG ChuanChan,
LEE HowJing
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2004.00086.x
Subject(s) - alate , biology , nymph , aphid , homoptera , instar , gall , botany , host (biology) , rattan , hemiptera , pest analysis , zoology , aphididae , ecology , larva
Colonies of a Cerataphis species with well‐developed horns were found on the rattan Calamus quinquesstinervis in southern Taiwan. The morphology of first instar nymphs from the colonies accorded well with the morphology of first instar nymphs laid by alates of Cerataphis jamuritsu from galls on Styrax suberifolia , indicating that the rattan aphids are the secondary host generation of C. jamuritsu . Although the aphid colonies were attended by ants, the sharp horns of the first instar nymphs suggest that they might attack predators.