Open AccessAPHIS CORDUBENSIS SP. N. (HEMIPTERA APHIDIDAE) LIVING ON ABUTILON MEGAPOTAMICUM (MALVACEAE) FROM CORDOBA PROVINCE (ARGENTINA)
Author(s) -
Jaime Ortego,
Milagros Pilar Mier Durante,
Juan M. Nieto Nafría
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
redia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2035-6382
pISSN - 0370-4327
DOI - 10.19263/redia-104.21.19
Subject(s) - malvaceae , aphididae , abutilon , biology , hemiptera , alate , botany , aphis gossypii , aphis , identification key , pest analysis , aphid , homoptera , taxonomy (biology) , weed
Aphis cordubensis sp. n. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is described from apterous and alate viviparous females, oviparous females and males collected in Villa Carlos Paz (Córdoba, Argentina) on Abutilon megapotamicum. A summarized identification key for apterous viviparae of Aphis species recorded worldwide on Malvaceae is presented. The diagnostic features allowing to differentiate the new species from the Aphis species known in South America are presented. The new species should be able to live in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay on wild and cultivated plants of Abutilon and perhaps on other genera of Malvaceae. The species is potentially invasive and trade and cultivation in gardens and plant nurseries of Abutilon and close genera must be monitored.