Open AccessNew record and re-description of a gall-forming aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae), commonly confused in the north of South America, associated with an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author(s) -
Ronald Simbaqueba-Cortés,
Francisco Serna,
Erika Valentina Vergara-Navarro,
John Alveiro Quiroz-Gamboa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
agronomía colombiana/agronomía colombiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2357-3732
pISSN - 0120-9965
DOI - 10.15446/agron.colomb.v33n1.49368
Subject(s) - aphididae , hymenoptera , hemiptera , aphid , gall , linepithema , biology , botany , zoology , homoptera , pest analysis
The gall-forming aphid Tetraneura fusiformis is recorded for the first time for Northern South America. Its identity is clarified, and descriptions of this species and that of T. nigriabdominalis , with which it is commonly confused, are offered. The association of this sap sucking insect with the ant Linepithema angulatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is recorded for the first time as well.