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Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) herczeki sp. nov.a new aphid species from Bulgaria (Hemiptera, Aphididae)
Mariusz Kanturski1, Shalva Barjadze2, Natalia Kaszyca-Taszakowska3
1Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Silesia in Katowice; Bankowa 9; 40-007 Katowice; Poland. mariusz.kanturski@us.edu.pl.
Abstract:
Here we present a description of a new aphid species from the subgenus Asterobium Hille Ris Lambers, 1938 of the genus Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio, 1911 in the tribe Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (Aphididae). The new speciesMacrosiphiniella (Asterobium) herczeki sp. nov. living on Galatella villosa (Asteraceae) in Tolbuchin region, Bulgaria, is described based on apterous viviparous females. The new species is morphologically similar to M. (Asterobium) konyratica Kadyrbekov, 2018 from Kazakhstan from which it differs in several morphological and metric characters. We provided an updated key to Blackmans & Eastop online key to Aster-feeding aphids.
