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The Ulleungdo and Dokdo Islands are located in the East Sea of Korea and have a unique ecosystem. We collected Aphidiinae mummies from the Ulleungdo and Dokdo Islands in 2018. Three species of parasitoids in the genus Aphidius Nees, A. absinthii Marshall, A. areolatus Ashmead, and A. uzbekistanicus Luzhetzki, were identified using morphological characteristics and molecular techniques from the mummies of three aphid host species Macrosiphoniella formosartemisiae Takahashi, Capitophorus elaeagni (Del Guercio), and Aphis rumicis Linnaeus, respectively. The comparison of the nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I in the GenBank database revealed that A. uzbekistanicus was 100% identical to 135 sequences of the species from Asian, American, and European countries and a one-nucleotide variation from a Serbian specimen. Aphidius absinthii was 100% identical to a Japanese specimen of the species and 0.39% variable from the Serbian specimen. However, the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequence of A. areolatus did not match in the database and was first reported from this study. Our phylogenetic analysis of 31 Aphidius and 3 Euaphidius species listed in the GenBank database indicated a monophyletic taxon within 12.72% variation. This study is the first report of the geographic distribution of three Aphidius species in the Ulleungdo and Dokdo Islands of Korea.

Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) nikolajevi Kadyrbekov, 1999 (Figs. 64–70, Tabl. 6) Material. Paratype: 5 apterous viviparous female, „ Macrosiphoniella nikolajevi sp. n., Helichrysum maracandicum, W. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Ridge, Makpal gorge, H—1500, 20.vii.1996, Nikolaev G. V.” (from the collection of ZIN RAS). Etymology. The species was named in honor of the famous Soviet Kazakh entomologist Georgiy Vladimirovich Nikolaev, who first collected this species. Systematic position. Kadyrbekov reffered Macrosiphoniella nikolajevi to the subgenus Ramitrichophorus on the basis of the shape and length of the ultimate rostral segment, as well as the belonging of its host plant to the genus Helichrysum, with which all other species of this subgenus are associated. At the same time, he pointed out that the new species sharply differs from all species known in this subgenus by the large number of secondary rhinaria on the third antennal segment, their absence on the fourth segment of apterous viviparous females, the type of dorsal sclerotization, the shape of the cauda, very long and thick setae on the body, antennae and legs (Kadyrbekov 1999). Later, he began to consider the species as part of the nominative subgenus without explaining the change in its taxonomic status (Kadyrbekov 2017). The complete absence of rhinaria on the fourth segment of the antennae is typical for most individuals of the species of the subgenus, and M. (R.) medvedevi has long and numerous setae, but the rest of the listed characters really clearly distinguish nikolajevi from other species of Ramitrichophorus. This is especially evident in the example of the shape of the cauda—triangular, acute and with a small number of setae in all species of Ramitrichophorus (one of the characters on the basis of which Hille Ris Lambers (1947) actually distinguished the subgenus) and typical for most other Macrosiphoniella elongate fingershaped, with constriction in the basal half and often with numerous setae (as in nikolajevi). The setae on the ultimate rostral segment of nikolajevi, like in most Macrosiphoniella, are long, while the setae located closer to the base of the segment are significantly longer than the setae on the apex of the segment, which also distinguishes it from all species of Ramitrichophorus in which all setae on the last segment of the rostrum are short and of approximately equal length. In addition, the species differs from all species of Ramitrichophorus in the shape of the ultimate rostral segment—in Ramitrichophorus species it is "nail-like" (with a slight extension at the base, then with almost parallel edges and pointed at the apex), while in nikolajevi, the ultimate rostral segment is elongated wedge-shaped, more or less gradually tapering towards apex typical enough for most Macrosiphoniella. Thus, the morphological similarity between other species of Ramitrichophorus in nikolajevi is practically limited only by the long length of the ultimate rostral segment, which may be explained rather by convergence associated with the similarity of the host plant rather by phylogenetic relationship. Distribution. Kazakhstan (Jambyl Region and Turkistan Region) (Kadyrbekov 1999, 2002, 2017), Iran (Tehran Province, Alborz Province, Isfahan Province) (Kanturski & Barjadze 2018; Momeni Shahraki et al. 2019). Biology. Lives on the stem and under the flowers of Helichrysum maracandicum Popov in scattered colonies., Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Buga, Sergey V., 2022, Revision of the aphid subgenus Ramitrichophorus Hille Ris Lambers of genus Macrosiphoniella (Hemiptera, Homoptera: Aphididae, Macrosiphini), with redescriptions of all known species and identification keys, pp. 293-342 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on pages 332-334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.23, http://zenodo.org/record/7075519, {"references":["Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (1999) Three new aphid species (Homoptera, Aphidinea) from the Kazakhstan part of the western Tjan-Shan. Izvestiya Ministerstva obrazovaniya i nauki Respubliki Kazakhstan, Natsionalnoy akademii nauk Respubliki Kazakhstan. Seriya Biologicheskaya i Medicinskaya, 2, 36 - 45. [in Russian]","Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (2017) Aphids (Hemiptera: Phylloxeroidea, Aphidoidea) of Kazakhstan (Annotated list). Institute of Zoology CS MES RK, Almaty, 584 pp. [in Russian]","Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1947) On some mainly Western European Aphids. Zoologische Mededeelingen, 28 (14), 291 - 333.","Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (2002) About the aphid fauna (Homoptera: Aphididae) of Kazakhstan part of the West Tien-Shan. Tethys Entomological Research, 6, 65 - 76.","Kanturski, M. & Barjadze, S. (2018) Hitherto unknown and poorly known morphs of Macrosiphoniella davazhamci and M. nikolajevi (Hemiptera: Aphididae) - aphid species new to Iran. Zootaxa, 4524 (5), 536 - 552. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4524.5.2","Momeni Shahraki, F., Minaei, K. & Barjadze, S. (2019) Checklist of Iranian Aphids (Hemiptera: Stenorrhyncha: Aphidomorpha). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 5 (4), 269 - 300. https: // doi. org / 10.52547 / jibs. 5.4.269"]}

8. Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) sunshine Jensen, Barjadze & Kanturski, 2020 Type material: • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, California / Modoc N.F. Warners Summit Trail / 23.08.2016 / Eriophyllum / lanatum / A.S. Jensen leg. / AJ8767 (DZUS) / PARATYPE. • United Ststes of America, Oregon / Willamette N.F., Bunch Grass Ridge W. of Waldo Lake / 14.07.2017 / Eriophyllum / lanatum / A.S. Jensen leg. / AJ9447 (DZUS) / PARATYPE. Remarks: Holotype (by original designation) is deposited in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, United States of America.

Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) medvedevi (Bozhko, 1950) (Figs. 3, 42–63, Tabl. 4–5) Material. Syntype: Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) medvedevi (Bozhko, 1950) —2 apterous viviparous female, „ Russia [mistake, right— Ukraine], Helichrysum arenarium, Smiev, 3.viii.1947, Leg. Bozhko, Ramitrichophorus medvedevi Bozhko, Det. Bozhko ” (from collections of NHM); Paratypes: Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) nasti Szelegiewicz, 1958 —4 apterous viviparous female, „ Polonia, Bydgoszcz, 30.vii.1956, Helichrysum arenarium, leg. Szelegiewicz, Paratypus, Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) nasti sp. n., det. Szelegiewicz, 1957” (from collections of MNHN and NHM). Additional materials: 2 apterous viviparous females, 03.vii.1947, Ukraine, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of MNHN); 4 apterous viviparous females, 06.viii.1957, Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Bydgoszcz, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of MNHN); 1 apterous viviparous female, 1 male and 16 oviparous female, 20.ix.1962, Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Bydgoszcz, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS); 3 apterous viviparous females, 25.vii.1965, Poland, Mazovian Voivodeship, Otwock County, Otwock, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS); 37 apterous viviparous females and 16 alate viviparous female, 26.vii.1969, Russia, Moscow Province, Serpukhovsky District, Luzhki Vill., Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS). Also used data from Bozhko (1950, 1957, 1976), and Szelegiewicz (1958). Etymology. The species was named in honor of the famous Soviet Ukrainian entomologist Sergei Ivanovich Medvedev. .....Continued on the next page TABLE 4 (Continued) .....Continued on the next page TABLE 4 (Continued) ......Continued on the next page TABLE 5. (Continued) ......Continued on the next page TABLE 5. (Continued) Description. Apterous viviparous female. Body elongate elliptical, 1.6–2.0 times as long as wide. The living specimens reddish yellow, with a large black patch on dorsum of abdomen (this patch is absent in macerated specimens), with dark head, antennae, legs (except bases of femora), siphunculi and cauda; with distinct waxy pulverulence, in this case, the aphids are gray with brown-red streaks. Cleared specimens with dark brown front, antennae (except base of 3rd antennal segment), distal half of the rostrum, legs (except base of femora) and siphunculi, with brown head (except front), sclerites at the base of the coxae, peritremes, anal plate and cauda, with light-brown bands and scleroites on thorax and abdomen and subgenital plate. Thorax with more or less wide bands on pro- and mesonotum and row of sclerites on metanotum; abdomen with rows of spinal sclerites, with small marginal sclerites and peritrems on I–VII segments, with antesiphuncular sclerites and with band on VIII tergite; sclerites on the thorax and abdomen are often small, pale and rare; sclerites on VII tergite often and on metanotum sometimes fused to form a short band. Surface of head, thoracic dorsum and abdominal tergites I–V smooth, sometimes weakly wrinkled, on VI–VII abdominal tergites with rows of small pointed spinules, which on VIII abdominal tergite partially fuse to form scales; thoracic venter smooth, ventral abdomen with long rows of small hardly visible spinules, sometimes forming strongly elongate cells. Setae on head, thorax and dorsum long, finely pointed, often bifurcating at the apices, in this case, each of the teeth of the fork is finely pointed. Third antennal segment with 11–30 secondary rhinaria, fourth segment with 0–4, fifth with 0 rhinaria. Rhinaria with internal diameter 6–23 μm, with external diameter 2.7–5.5 times as long as high of rhinaria. Setae on antennae blunt, pointed or rarely very weakly capitate. Rostrum is often very long, reaching abdominal segment III–V. Ultimate rostral segment 5.1–8.2 times as long as its basal width. Setae on legs pointed or finely pointed. Peritremes on abdominal segments I and II separated by a distance equal to or less than diameter of peritreme. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.33–0.53 of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 4–7 cells). Subgenital and anal plates with finely pointed setae. Cauda nearly triangular, with some constriction in the middle, which divides it into broad base and conical and rounded on apex distal part; setae on cauda long and finely pointed. Alate viviparous female. Body elongate elliptical, 2.1–2.5 times as long as wide. The living specimens with dark head and thorax. Cleared specimens with dark brown thorax; abdomen with distinct brown marginal sclerites on segments I–VII, spinal sclerites on abdominal tergites I–VI very small, light-brown or often absent, antesiphuncular sclerites hardly visible. Third antennal segment with 22–32 secondary rhinaria, fourth segment with 2–11, fifth with 0–1 rhinaria. Rostrum is often very long, reaching abdominal segment II–V. Peritremes on abdominal segments I and II separated by a distance less than diameter of peritreme or fused. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.48–0.60 of length. Male. Body elongate elliptical, 2.0 times as long as wide. Colour of living specimens unknown. Tibiae of all legs dark brown only on the apices and brown in the middle. Marginal sclerites on I–VII segments distinct and sometimes relatively large. Third antennal segment with 33–37 secondary rhinaria, 4th segment with 9–11 and 5th segment with 4–5 secondary rhinaria. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.35–0.46 of length. Cauda escuteon-shaped (misshapen specimen?). Hind tibiae with 1–3 round or oval pheromone plates. Oviparous female. Body 1.7–2.1 times as long as wide. Colour of living specimens unknown. Tibiae of all legs dark brown only on the apices and brown or light-brown in the middle. Marginal sclerites on abdomen absent, spinal sclerites on abdominal tergites I–VI often small or also absent. Third antennal segment with 8–23 secondary rhinaria, fourth and fifth segments with 0 rhinaria. Rostrum reaching abdominal segment III–IV. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.34–0.48 of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 4–6 cells). Cauda nearly triangular, sometimes with very weak constriction in the middle. Hind tibiae more or less distinctly swollen on basal half, with 27–55 round or oval pheromone plates, more of them located on basal half. Systematic relationships. The species is very close to Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) janckei Börner, 1939. The differences between them are given in the keys. Distribution. Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) (Müller 1969), Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Świnoujście and Kamień County, Międzyzdroje; Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Olsztyn; Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Bydgoszcz; Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poznań; Mazovian Voivodeship, Otwock County, Otwock; Podlasie Voivodeship, Mońki County, near Dolistowo Stare Vill.; Pomeranian Voivodeship, Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Krynica Morska) (Szelegiewicz 1958a, 1958b, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1978; Huculak 1965; Achremowicz 1967, 1975; Czylok et al. 1982; Nast et al. 1990; Węgierek & Wojciechowski 2004; Osiadacz & Hałaj 2010), Russia (Moscow Province, Serpukhovsky District, Luzhki Vill.), Ukraine (Kharkiv Province, Chuhuiv District, near Zmiiv) (Bozhko 1950, 1963, 1976), Kazakhstan (?) (Aktobe Region, near Aktobe and in Temir District, near Kalmakkyrgan railway station) (Smailova 1980), Iran (Rezwani et al. 1994). Smailova (1980) indicates that two samples of M. (R.) medvedevi were collected from stems and pedicels of Helichrysum arenarium in Kazakhstan (Aktobe Region: near Aktobe and in Temir District, near Kalmakkyrgan railway station). Aphid colonies consisted of apterous viviparous females and immatures of 2–3 instars. However, Kadyrbekov in his summary on the fauna of aphids of Kazakhstan (2017) does not give this species for this territory, indicating that only two species have been found in Kazakhstan — M. (R.) janckei and M. (R.) hillerislambersi. Thus, the presence of M. (R.) medvedevi in Kazakhstan remains doubtful. Biology. The species lives on stems, inflorescences and the lower surface of leaves of Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench, always attended by ants (Szelegiewicz 1958a, 1958b, 1967; Huculak 1965; Czylok et al. 1982), including Formica cinerea Mayr. (Szelegiewicz 1958a). Apterous male and oviparous females of M. (R.) medvedevi were found in Poland (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Bydgoszcz) by Szelegiewicz on 20.ix.1962. Previously, another species— Macrosiphoniella nikolajevi Kadyrbekov, 1999 —was included in the subgenus Macrosiphoniella., Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Buga, Sergey V., 2022, Revision of the aphid subgenus Ramitrichophorus Hille Ris Lambers of genus Macrosiphoniella (Hemiptera, Homoptera: Aphididae, Macrosiphini), with redescriptions of all known species and identification keys, pp. 293-342 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on pages 319-332, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.23, http://zenodo.org/record/7075519, {"references":["Bozhko, M. P. (1950) Contribution to the aphid fauna of the Kharkov and Sumy regions. Trudy Nauchno-issledovatel'skogo instituta biologii Kharkovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. A. M. Gor'kogo, 14 - 15, 173 - 191. [in Russian]","Bozhko, M. P. (1957) Charakterization of the fauna of aphids (Aphidoidea) of the eastern Ciscaucasia. Trudy Nauchnoissledovatel'skogo instituta biologii i biologicheskogo fakul'teta Kharkovskogo ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo znameni gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. A. M. Gor'kogo, 27, 39 - 50. [in Russian]","Bozhko, M. P. (1976) Aphids of the nutritious plants. Vishtsha shkola, Kharkovskiy Gosudarstvennyy Universitet, Kharkiv, 135 pp.","Borner, C. (1939) Neue Gattungen und Arten der mitteleuropaischen Aphidenfauna. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Physiologischer und Angewandter Entomologie Berlin-Dahlem, 6 (1), 75 - 83.","Muller, F. P. (1969) Aphidina - Blattlause, Aphiden. In: Stresemann, E. (Ed.), Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland, Wirbellose II / 2. Volk und Wissen Volkseigener Verlag, Berlin, pp. 51 - 141.","Szelegiewicz, H. (1958 a) Nowy gatunek z rodzaju Macrosiphoniella d. G. (Homoptera, Aphididae) z Polski. Annales Zoologici, 17 (4), 41 - 46.","Szelegiewicz, H. (1958 b) Mszyce (Homoptera, Aphidina) okolic Bydgoszczy. Fragmenta Faunistica, 8 (4), 65 - 95. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 00159301 FF 1958.8.4.065","Szelegiewicz, H. (1967) Materialy do fauny mszyc (Homoptera., Aphidodea) Polski II. Fragmenta Faunistica, 14 (3), 45 - 91. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 00159301 FF 1967.14.3.045","Szelegiewicz, H. (1968) Katalog fauny Polski. Czesc 21, zeszyt 4. Mszyce Aphidoidea. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 361 pp.","Szelegiewicz, H. (1974) Mszyce (Homoptera, Aphidoidea) Mierzei Wislanej ze szczegolnym uwzgle ¸ dnieniem wydm nadmorskich. Fragmenta Faunistica, 19 (13), 349 - 394. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 00159301 FF 1974.19.13.349","Szelegiewicz, H. (1975) Materialy do fauny mszyc (Homoptera, Aphidoidea) Pojezierza Mazurskiego. Fragmenta Faunistica, 20 (10), 143 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 00159301 FF 1975.20.10.143","Szelegiewicz, H. (1978) Przeglad systematyczny mszyc Polski. Zeszyty Problemowe Postepow Nauk Rolniczych, 208 (Supl.), 1 - 40.","Huculak, S. (1965) Mszyce (Homoptera, Aphidoidea) Pojezierza Mazurskiego. Fragmenta Faunistica, 12 (15), 207 - 237. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 00159301 FF 1965.12.15.207","Achremowicz, J. (1967) Mszyce (Homoptera, Aphidoidea) Niziny Wielkopolsko-Kujawskiej. Fragmenta Faunistica, 13 (15), 261 - 297. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 00159301 FF 1967.13.15.261","Achremowicz, J. (1975) Pochodzenie, struktura i przemiany fauny mszyc (Homoptera, Aphidodea) niziny WielkopolskoKujawskiej. Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Rolniczej w Krakowie, 101 (33), 3 - 116.","Czylok, A., Wojciechowski, W., Kosonocka, L. & Seget, A. (1982) Fauna mszyc (Homoptera, Aphidodea) zbiorowisk roslinnych okolic Dolistowa nad Biebrza. Acta Biologica (Katowice), 10, 36 - 49.","Nast, J., Chudzicka, E., Klimaszewski, S. M., Czylok, A., Wojciechowski, W. & Koteja, J. (1990) 17. Homoptera - pluskwiaki rownoskrzydle. In: Razowski, J. (Ed.), Wykaz zwierzat Polski. Tom I., czesc 32 / 1 20. Ossolineum, Wroclaw - Warszawa - Krakow, pp. 91 - 124.","Wegierek, P. & Wojciechowski, W. (2004) Mszyce (Aphidinea = Aphidoidea), Filoksery (Phylloxeroidea). In: Bogdanowicz, W., Chudzicka, E., Pilipiuk I. & Skibinska, E. (Eds.), Fauna Polski - Charakterystyka i wykaz gatunkow. Tom I. Muzeum i lnstytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, pp. 236 - 239 + 254 - 266.","Osiadacz, B. & Halaj, R. (2010) Systematic Review of Aphids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphidomorpha) of Poland with Host Plant Index. A Monographic Survey. Silesian Natural History Monographs, 1, 1 - 192.","Bozhko, M. P. (1963) Xeromorphic aphids of the steppe zone of Ukraine and considerations of their origin. Trudy Biologicheskogo fakulteta Kharkovskogo ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. A. M. Gor'kogo, 36, 108 - 143. [in Russian]","Smailova, N. E. (1980) Complements to the aphid fauna (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) of west Kazakhstan. Trudy Instituta Zoologii Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoy SSR, 39, 44 - 48. [in Russian]","Rezwani, A., Termeh, F. & Moussavi, M. (1994) Aphids of Iran and their host plants. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran, 77 pp.","Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (1999) Three new aphid species (Homoptera, Aphidinea) from the Kazakhstan part of the western Tjan-Shan. Izvestiya Ministerstva obrazovaniya i nauki Respubliki Kazakhstan, Natsionalnoy akademii nauk Respubliki Kazakhstan. Seriya Biologicheskaya i Medicinskaya, 2, 36 - 45. [in Russian]"]}

Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) hillerislambersi Ossiannilsson, 1954 (Figs. 1, 4–24, Tabl. 1–2.) Ramitrichophorus paradoxus Bozhko, 1957: 47, syn. nov. Material. Paratypes: Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) hillerislambersi Ossiannilsson, 1954 —3 apterous viviparous female, „ Suecia, Sk[åne], Åhus, Helichrysum arenarium, root, 27.vi.1953, Ossiannilsson leg., Macrosiphoniella hillerislambersi Oss., paratypoid” (from collections of MNHN and NHM). Syntypes: Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) paradoxa (Bozhko, 1957) —5 apterous viviparous female, „Ciscaucasia, Grozn[y] Prov[ince], Achikulak, Helichrysum, 9.vi.1954, Bozhko, Ramitrichophorus paradoxus Bozhko sp. nov. ” (from the collection of ZIN RAS). Additional materials: 94 apterous viviparous females, 1 alate viviparous female, 162 oviparous females and 30 males, 11.x.1962, 18.x.1962, 29.v.1964 and 08.vii.1970, Czech Republic, South Moravian Region, Bzenec, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS, MNHN, NHM and ZIN RAS); 1 apterous viviparous female, 1 alate viviparous female, 23 oviparous females and 2 males, 11.x.1962, south of the Slovak Republic, Achillea nobilis L. (from collections of IE BC CAS). Also used data from Heie (1995), Müller (1975), Ossiannilsson (1954). Etymology. The species was named in honor of the famous Dutch aphidologist Dick Hille Ris Lambers. Description. Fundatrix. Body pear-shaped. The living specimen olive brown, wax-powdered except on the middle of the abdominal dorsum. Surface of the first three antennal segments almost smooth. Third antennal segment with 18 secondary rhinaria scattered, secondary rhinaria absent on other antennal segments. Rostrum reaching posterior margin of hind coxae. Cauda triangular, pointed, slightly tapered in the middle. Apterous viviparous female. Body elongate elliptical, almost spindle-shaped, wide in the middle of abdomen (III–IV segments) and gradually getting narrow to the head and to the end of the abdomen, 1.5–2.3 times as long as wide. The living specimens reddish, with a large black patch on dorsum of abdomen (this patch is absent in macerated specimens), with dark head, antennae, legs (except bases of femora), siphunculi and cauda; eyes red. Cleared specimens with dark brown antennae, distal half of the rostrum, legs (except base of femora) and siphunculi, with brown head, sclerites at the base of the coxae, peritremes, anal plate and cauda, with light-brown subgenital plate, and with very light-brown bands and scleroites on thorax and abdomen. Thorax with more or less wide bands on pro- and mesonotum; abdomen weakly sclerotized, pale, membranous, with peritrems on I–VII segments, rare and very small scleroites at the base of setae, with small and almost invisible antesiphuncular sclerites, with short band on VIII abdominal tergite and sometimes with very short and almost invisible bands or sclerites on VI–VII tergites. Surface of head, thoracic dorsum and abdominal tergites I–V smooth, sometimes weakly wrinkled, on VI– VII abdominal tergites with rows of small pointed spinules, which on VIII abdominal tergite partially fuse to form scales; thoracic venter smooth, ventral abdomen with long rows of small hardly visible spinules, sometimes forming strongly elongate cells. Setae on head, dorsal side of thorax and abdomen very short, strongly blunt, rod-like or very weakly capitate, on ventral side rarely weakly pointed. Third antennal segment with 4–30 secondary rhinaria, fourth segment with 0–6, fifth with 0 rhinaria. Rhinaria with internal diameter 5–25 μm, with external diameter 2.3–9.0 times as long as high of rhinaria. Antennae with very short, strongly blunt, rod-like or very weakly capitate setae. Rostrum is often very long, reaching abdominal segment II–VII. Ultimate rostral segment 3.8–6.4 times as long as its basal width. Setae on legs very short, strongly blunt, rod-like and only in the dorsal half of the tibia on the ventral side, at the very apex of the tibia on the dorsal side and on the tarsi relatively long and pointed. Peritremes on abdominal segments I and II separated by a distance equal to or less than diameter of peritreme, rarely fused. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.36–0.60 of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 4–7 cells). Setae on anal plate short or long, blunt, capitate, pointed or sometimes bifurcate. Cauda nearly triangular, with some constriction in the middle, which divides it into broad base and relatively thin, slightly conical and rounded on apex distal part; setae on cauda are of different lengths—those located closer to the apex are short, blunt, those located further away are relatively long with a flattened and often bifurcated apex. Alate viviparous female. Body elongate elliptical, 2.1 times as long as wide. The living specimens have the same coloration as the apterous viviparous female. Cleared specimens with dark brown thorax; abdomen with small, light-brown marginal sclerites on segments I–VI, antesiphuncular sclerites absent. Third antennal segment with 23–40 secondary rhinaria, 4th segment with 2–13 and 5th segment with 0–4 secondary rhinaria. Rostrum reaching abdominal segment II–III. Male. Apterous. Body elongate elliptical, 1.6–2.3 times as long as wide. Colour of living specimens unknown. Surface of abdominal tergite VIII with row of small pointed spinules. Setae on ventral side of body pointed. Third antennal segment with 10–29 secondary rhinaria, 4th segment with 3–13 and 5th segment with 0–6 secondary rhinaria. Setae on antennae, especially on distal segments, sometimes pointed. Rostrum reaching abdominal segment III–V. Setae on legs blunt or pointed. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.13–0.49 of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 4–5 cells). Cauda almost triangular, with very small constriction in the middle, with a very weak division into two parts. Oviparous female. Body 1.5–2.1 times as long as wide. Colour of living specimens unknown. Tibiae of all legs dark brown only on the apices and brown or light-brown in the middle.Antesiphuncular sclerites on abdomen absent. Third antennal segment with 5–19 secondary rhinaria, 4th segment with 0–1 and 5th segment with 0 secondary rhinaria. Rostrum reaching abdominal segment II–V. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.28–0.52 of length. Subgenital plate with short rod-like, blunt or pointed setae. Cauda triangular, with very small constriction in the middle. Hind tibiae more or less distinctly swollen on basal half, with 3–44 round or oval pheromone plates, more of them located on basal half. .....Continued on the next page TABLE 1. (Continued) .....Continued on the next page TABLE 1. (Continued) Systematic relationships. Described in 1957 by Bozhko Ramitrichophorus paradoxus, like M. (R.) hillerislambersi, has very short setae all over the body and appendages and practically does not differ from it in other characters, with the exception of the slightly longer processus terminalis and the ultimate rostral segment in several individuals of M. (R.) paradoxa (Table 1). Such small differences can be explained by inter-population variability within the species' area. Thus, a high degree of morphological similarity allows us to place Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) paradoxa (Bozhko, 1957) as a new subjective synonym of Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) hillerislambersi Ossiannilsson, 1954. Distribution. Sweden (Skåne County, Åhus) (Ossiannilsson 1954, 1959, 1964), Denmark (Central Jutland Region, Syddjurs municipality, Mols) (Heie 1965, 1969, 1995), Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Feldberger Seenlandschaft) (Müller 1975), Poland (Podlasie Voivodeship, Mońki County, near Dolistowo Stare Vill.) (Szelegiewicz 1978, Czylok et al. 1982, Nast et al. 1990, Węgierek & Wojciechowski 2004, Osiadacz & Hałaj 2010), Czech Republic (South Moravian Region, Bzenec) (Holman 1965), south of the Slovak Republic, Russia (Stavropol Krai, Neftekumsky District, near the village Achikulak) (Bozhko 1957, 1976, as Ramitrichophorus paradoxus), Kazakhstan (Aktobe Region, Temir District, near Shubarkuduk Vill.; Karaganda Region, Zhanaarka District, northeast of the Kyzylzhar railway station; East Kazakhstan Region, valley of the Irtysh River) (Smailova 1980, as Macrosiphoniella janekei, Kadyrbekov 2014, 2017). ......Continued on the next page TABLE 2 (Continued) ......Continued on the next page TABLE 2 (Continued) Rakauskas et al. (2008) list this species for the territory of Lithuania —“Pervalka, 7 July 2004 (Ra 04-83)”, however, a study of the materials of this sample, stored in the collections of ZIN and MNHN, showed that this specifying is based on an erroneous identification of the material. All slides contained only M. (R.) janckei and, accordingly, M. (R.) hillerislambersi should be excluded from the list of aphids inhabiting the territory of Lithuania. Biology. The host plants are Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench and Helichrysum sp. It was found on subterraneous parts of the plant, attended by ants Lasius niger (L.) in Sweden (Ossiannilsson 1954), on the root collar with ants in Germany (with Formica rufa L.) (Müller 1975) and in Poland (Czylok et al. 1982), and above ground level in Denmark (Heie 1965), but on the tops of shoots between flowers in the North Caucasus (Russia) (Bozhko 1957, 1976). The collection of IE BC CAS also contains a single sample of this species made by J. Holman in autumn 1962 from Achillea nobilis L. in the south of the Slovak Republic. The aphid colony consisted of a single apterous viviparous female, two males and numerous oviparous females. Kadyrbekov (2017) cites collection data of this species made in Kazakhstan by N.E. Smailova from Arctium tomentosum Mill. (East Kazakhstan: No 3703, 3708, East Kazakhstan region, valley of the Irtysh River, near Proletarka Vill., 18.07.1981). The sample included 7 apterous viviparous females, which, if no mistake was made in the plant identification, confirms the possibility of M. (R.) hillerislambersi for at least some time to feed and even form colonies on other Asteraceae, besides Helichrysum., Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Buga, Sergey V., 2022, Revision of the aphid subgenus Ramitrichophorus Hille Ris Lambers of genus Macrosiphoniella (Hemiptera, Homoptera: Aphididae, Macrosiphini), with redescriptions of all known species and identification keys, pp. 293-342 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on pages 296-305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.23, http://zenodo.org/record/7075519, {"references":["Ossiannilsson, F. (1954) Four new Swedish aphids (Hem., Hom.). With description of a new genus. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 75 (2 - 4), 117 - 127.","Bozhko, M. P. (1957) Charakterization of the fauna of aphids (Aphidoidea) of the eastern Ciscaucasia. Trudy Nauchnoissledovatel'skogo instituta biologii i biologicheskogo fakul'teta Kharkovskogo ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo znameni gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. A. M. Gor'kogo, 27, 39 - 50. [in Russian]","Heie, O. E. (1995) The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. VI. Family Aphididae: Part 3. Tribe Macrosiphini of subfamily Aphidinae, and family Lachnidae. E. J. Brill, Leiden, New York & Koln, 222 pp.","Muller, F. P. (1975) Weitere Erganzungen und okologische Untersuchungen zur Blattlausfauna von Mitteleuropa mit Beschreibungen bisher nicht bekannter Morphen. Faunistische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden, 5 (12), 265 - 287.","Bozhko, M. P. (1976) Aphids of the nutritious plants. Vishtsha shkola, Kharkovskiy Gosudarstvennyy Universitet, Kharkiv, 135 pp.","Ossiannilsson, F. (1959) Contributions to the knowledge of Swedish aphids. II. List of species with find records and ecological notes. Kungliga Lantbrukshogskolans Annaler, Uppsala, 25, 375 - 527.","Ossiannilsson, F. (1964) Contributions to the knowledge of Swedish aphids. III. List of food plants. Kungliga Lantbrukshogskolans Annaler, Uppsala, 30, 435 - 464.","Heie, O. E. (1965) Bladluis fra Molslaboratoriers omrade. Flora og Fauna, 71 (1), 1 - 10.","Heie, O. E. (1969) A list of Danish aphids. 7: Rhopalosiphum Koch, Longiunguis v. d. Goot, Paraschizaphis H. R. L., Schizaphis Borner, Hyalopterus Koch, Pterocomma Buckt. and additions to Aphididae s. str. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 37 (4), 373 - 385.","Szelegiewicz, H. (1978) Przeglad systematyczny mszyc Polski. Zeszyty Problemowe Postepow Nauk Rolniczych, 208 (Supl.), 1 - 40.","Czylok, A., Wojciechowski, W., Kosonocka, L. & Seget, A. (1982) Fauna mszyc (Homoptera, Aphidodea) zbiorowisk roslinnych okolic Dolistowa nad Biebrza. Acta Biologica (Katowice), 10, 36 - 49.","Nast, J., Chudzicka, E., Klimaszewski, S. M., Czylok, A., Wojciechowski, W. & Koteja, J. (1990) 17. Homoptera - pluskwiaki rownoskrzydle. In: Razowski, J. (Ed.), Wykaz zwierzat Polski. Tom I., czesc 32 / 1 20. Ossolineum, Wroclaw - Warszawa - Krakow, pp. 91 - 124.","Wegierek, P. & Wojciechowski, W. (2004) Mszyce (Aphidinea = Aphidoidea), Filoksery (Phylloxeroidea). In: Bogdanowicz, W., Chudzicka, E., Pilipiuk I. & Skibinska, E. (Eds.), Fauna Polski - Charakterystyka i wykaz gatunkow. Tom I. Muzeum i lnstytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, pp. 236 - 239 + 254 - 266.","Osiadacz, B. & Halaj, R. (2010) Systematic Review of Aphids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphidomorpha) of Poland with Host Plant Index. A Monographic Survey. Silesian Natural History Monographs, 1, 1 - 192.","Holman, J. (1965) Some unrecorded Middle European aphids. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 11 (107), 277 - 284.","Smailova, N. E. (1980) Complements to the aphid fauna (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) of west Kazakhstan. Trudy Instituta Zoologii Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoy SSR, 39, 44 - 48. [in Russian]","Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (2014) Aphids (Homoptera, Aphidoidea) of the mountains of Kazakhstan. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, 442 pp. [in Russian]","Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (2017) Aphids (Hemiptera: Phylloxeroidea, Aphidoidea) of Kazakhstan (Annotated list). Institute of Zoology CS MES RK, Almaty, 584 pp. [in Russian]","Rakauskas, R., Havelka, J. & Basilova, J. (2008) Contribution to the knowledge of the aphid (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha: Phylloxeroidea, Aphidoidea) fauna of the Curonian Spit, Lithuania. Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 18 (2), 90 - 107. https: // doi. org / 10.2478 / v 10043 - 008 - 0013 - 0"]}

7. Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) caucasica (Wojciechowski, 1993) Type material: • slide No 1983 / RUSSIA, Bylym / 13.07.1983 / Pyrethrum sp. / apt.vivip. 3+1 imm / leg. T. Krylova / holotyp + 2 paratyp. // Mediosiphum / caucasicum / sp.nov. / det. / W. Wojciechowski., Published as part of Wieczorek, Karina, Junkiert, Łukasz, Trela, Joanna, Depa, Łukasz, Kanturski, Mariusz & Bugaj-Nawrocka, Agnieszka, 2022, Aphidomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera) in the entomological collection of the Zoology Research Group, University of Silesia in Katowice (DZUS), Poland, pp. 113-161 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.13, http://zenodo.org/record/7070018, {"references":["Wojciechowski, W. (1993) Mediosiphum gen. n. caucasicum sp. n. from the Caucasus [Homoptera, Aphidinea]. Acta Biologica Silesiana, 22, 109 - 114."]}

Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) janckei Börner, 1939 (Figs. 2, 25–41, Tabl. 3) Material. Syntype: Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) janckei Börner, 1939 —3 apterous viviparous female, „ Helichrysum arenarium, Kolberg, Allemagne, Jancke leg., Macrosiphoniella janckei ” (from collections of MNHN and NHM). Additional materials: 3 apterous viviparous females, without date, Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kołobrzeg County, Kołobrzeg (Kolberg), Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS); 2 apterous viviparous females, 8.vi.1954, Russia, Stavropol Krai, Stepnovsky District, Irgakly, Helichrysum sp., (from collections of NHM); 4 apterous viviparous females, 29.vi.1960, Germany, Hesse, Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of NHM); 3 apterous viviparous females, 10.viii.1965, Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kamień County, Międzyzdroje, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS); 15 apterous viviparous females, 03.vi.1979, Moldova,Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, Vill. Bugeac, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of MNHN); 15 apterous viviparous females, 07.vii.2004, Lithuania, Klaipėda County, Neringa, Vill. Pervalka, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS and ZIN RAS), 1 apterous viviparous female, 08.vii.2004, Lithuania, Klaipėda County, Neringa, Nida, Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of IE BC CAS); 1 apterous viviparous female, 17.vii.1996, Russia, Pskov Province, Nevel` District, near Dubokray Vill., Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of BSU); 1 apterous viviparous female, 14.vii.2014, Belarus, Minsk Region, Maladzyechna District, near Udranka Vill., Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of BSU); 38 apterous viviparous females, 1 alate viviparous female, 16.vii.2015, Belarus, Vitebsk Province, Gorodock District, near Zadrach`e Vill., Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of BSU); 57 apterous viviparous females, 1 oviparous female, 28.viii.2016, Russia, Pskov Province, Nevel` District, near Dubokray Vill., Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of BSU); 18 apterous viviparous females, 30.viii.2016, Russia, Pskov Province, Nevel` District, near Dubokray Vill., Helichrysum arenarium (from collections of BSU). Also used data from Börner (1939), Bozhko (1976), and Heie (1975). Etymology. The species was named in honor of the famous German biologist Oldwig Jancke, who first collected the apterous viviparous females of this species. ......Continued on the next page TABLE 3 (Continued) ......Continued on the next page TABLE 3 (Continued) Description. Apterous viviparous female. Body elliptical or elongate elliptical, 1.5–2.0 times as long as wide. The living specimens from pale gray-olive to reddish brown or black, with green spots at siphuncular bases; waxpowdered except in the middle of the abdominal dorsum and along body margins, in wax-powder pale ash gray. Cleared specimens with dark brown antennae (except base of 3rd antennal segment), distal half of the rostrum, legs (except base of femora) and siphunculi, with brown head, base of 3rd antennal segment, sclerites at the base of the coxae, peritremes, anal and subgenital plates and cauda, with light-brown or rarely brown bands and scleroites on thorax and abdomen. Thorax with more or less wide bands on pro- and mesonotum and row of sclerites on metanotum; abdomen with rows of spinal sclerites, with small marginal sclerites and peritrems on I–VI segments, with antesiphuncular sclerites and with bands on VII–VIII tergites; sclerites on the thorax and abdomen are often small, pale and rare or, especially marginal sclerites, absent; sclerites on VII tergite almost always fused to form a short band. Surface of head, thoracic dorsum and abdominal tergites I–V smooth, sometimes weakly wrinkled, on VI–VII abdominal tergites with rows of small pointed spinules, which on VIII abdominal tergite partially fuse to form scales; thoracic venter smooth, ventral abdomen with long rows of small hardly visible spinules, sometimes forming strongly elongate cells. Setae on head, dorsal side of thorax and abdomen relatively long, with bifurcate or flabellate apices, on ventral side finely pointed. Third antennal segment with 10–30 secondary rhinaria, fourth segment with 0–4, fifth with 0–1 rhinaria. Rhinaria with internal diameter 6–30 μm, with external diameter 1.7–8.2 times as long as high of rhinaria. Setae on antennae blunt, bifurcate or apically flabellate. Rostrum is often very long, reaching abdominal segment III–V. Ultimate rostral segment 4.6–6.7 times as long as its basal width. Setae on legs blunt or bifurcate, rarely pointed, finely pointed or apically flabellate. Peritremes on abdominal segments I and II separated by a distance equal to or less than diameter of peritreme. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.33–0.55 of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 4–8 cells), distinctly imbricated, with short rows of pointed spinules at the base that fused into large scales in front of the reticular part. Subgenital and anal plate with finely pointed, bifurcate or weakly flabellate apically setae. Cauda nearly triangular, with some constriction in the middle, which weakly divides it into broad base and conical and rounded on apex distal part; setae on cauda long, finely pointed, bifurcate or weakly flabellate apically. Alate viviparous female. Body elongate elliptical, 2.2 times as long as wide. Colour of living specimen unknown. Cleared specimens with dark brown thorax; abdomen with distinct brown marginal sclerites on segments I–VII, spinal sclerites on abdominal tergites I–VI and antesiphuncular sclerites absent. Third antennal segment with 29 secondary rhinaria, 4th segment with 7–8 and 5th segment with 1 secondary rhinaria. Rostrum reaching abdominal segment I. Peritremes on abdominal segments I and II separated by a distance less than diameter of peritreme or fused. Male. Apterous (Müller 1975). Oviparous female. Body 1.8 times as long as wide. Colour of living specimen unknown. Tibiae of all legs dark brown only on the apices and brown or light-brown in the middle. Spinal sclerites on abdominal tergites I–VI, marginal sclerites on all abdominal segments, antesiphuncular sclerites, and band on abdominal tergite VII absent. Setae on head, dorsal side of thorax and abdomen not only with bifurcate or flabellate, but also with blunt or weakly capitate apices; setae on abdominal tergite VIII with blunt, bifurcate or weakly capitate apices. Third antennal segment with 11–12 secondary rhinaria, fourth and fifth segments with 0 rhinaria. Setae on legs blunt, pointed or finely pointed. Subgenital and anal plate with finely pointed or bifurcate setae. Cauda triangular, without constriction in the middle. Hind tibiae weakly swollen on basal half, with 23–27 round or oval pheromone plates, more of them located on basal half. Systematic relationships. The species is very close to Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) medvedevi (Bozhko, 1950). The differences between them are given in the keys. Distribution. Germany (Hesse, Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock, Laage) (Müller 1964, 1975; Szelegiewicz 1968), Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship: Kołobrzeg County, Kołobrzeg [Kolberg] and Kamień County, Międzyzdroje; Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Bydgoszcz) (Börner 1939, 1952; Szelegiewicz 1968, 1978; Nast et al. 1990; Węgierek & Wojciechowski 2004; Wrzesińska & Sawilska 2009; Osiadacz & Hałaj 2010), Lithuania (Klaipėda County, Neringa, Vill. Pervalka and Neringa, Nida)(Rakauskas et al. 2008, as Macrosiphoniella (Ramitrichophorus) janckei and M. (R.) hillerislambersi), Belarus (Minsk Region, Maladzyechna District, near Udranka Vill. (Buga & Stekolshchikov 2012), Moldova (Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, Vill. Bugeac) (Vereshchagin et al. 1985; Andreev & Vereshchagin 1993 as Macrosiphoniella medvedevi), Ukraine (forest-steppe and steppe zones) (Bozhko 1963, 1976), Russia (Pskov Province, Nevel` District, near Dubokray Vill.; Stavropol Krai, Stepnovsky District, Irgakly), Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Region, Terekti District, east of Uralsk; Atyrau Region, Makhambet District, near Makhambet Vill. and Isatay District, near Isatai Vill.; Aktobe Region, Shalkar District, near Shalkar; Akmola Region, Birzhan sal District, east of Stepnyak; Karaganda Region, Ulytau District, south-west of Ulytau Vill.; Almaty Region, right bank of the river Ili) (Kadyrbekov 2003, 2017). Ivanovskaya (1977) records this species from the Altai Republic (Russia) on the basis of nine immature of the third instar collected on an unknown Asteraceae. On the basis of these data, many researchers in their later publications indicate Western Siberia as part of the area of this species. However, any reliable identification based on such material seems very doubtful and, therefore, there are no reliable data on the finding of this species in Western Siberia and Altai (see Stekolshchikov & Novgorodova 2015). Biology. The species lives on stems, inflorescences and the lower surface of leaves of Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench, actively attended by ants (Szelegiewicz 1968, Bozhko 1976, Kadyrbekov 2003, Buga & Stekolshchikov 2012). This species has never been observed on other species of the genus Helichrysum or plants of other genera. Colonies of these aphids in Belarus and the Pskov Province of Russia were always collected from beneath the inflorescences and from stems of H. arenarium. All these colonies were attended by ants Formica cinerea Mayr. Apterous males and oviparous females of M. (R.) janckei were found in Germany (Rostock, Laage) by Müller (1975) on 28.ix.1970, and a single oviparous female only was found together with apterous viviparous females in Russia (Pskov Province, Nevel` District, near Dubokray Vill.) in August 2016., Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Buga, Sergey V., 2022, Revision of the aphid subgenus Ramitrichophorus Hille Ris Lambers of genus Macrosiphoniella (Hemiptera, Homoptera: Aphididae, Macrosiphini), with redescriptions of all known species and identification keys, pp. 293-342 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on pages 310-318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.23, http://zenodo.org/record/7075519, {"references":["Borner, C. (1939) Neue Gattungen und Arten der mitteleuropaischen Aphidenfauna. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Physiologischer und Angewandter Entomologie Berlin-Dahlem, 6 (1), 75 - 83.","Bozhko, M. P. (1976) Aphids of the nutritious plants. Vishtsha shkola, Kharkovskiy Gosudarstvennyy Universitet, Kharkiv, 135 pp.","Heie, O. E. (1995) The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. VI. Family Aphididae: Part 3. Tribe Macrosiphini of subfamily Aphidinae, and family Lachnidae. E. J. Brill, Leiden, New York & Koln, 222 pp.","Muller, F. P. (1975) Weitere Erganzungen und okologische Untersuchungen zur Blattlausfauna von Mitteleuropa mit Beschreibungen bisher nicht bekannter Morphen. Faunistische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden, 5 (12), 265 - 287.","Bozhko, M. P. (1950) Contribution to the aphid fauna of the Kharkov and Sumy regions. Trudy Nauchno-issledovatel'skogo instituta biologii Kharkovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. A. M. Gor'kogo, 14 - 15, 173 - 191. [in Russian]","Muller, F. P. (1964) Faunistische und okologische Untersuchungen uber Blattlause im Naturschutzgebiet Ostufer der Muritz. Faunistische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden, 4, 133 - 147.","Szelegiewicz, H. (1968) Katalog fauny Polski. Czesc 21, zeszyt 4. Mszyce Aphidoidea. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 361 pp.","Borner, C. (1952) Europae Centralis Aphides - Die Blattlause Mitteleuropas: Namen, Synonyme, Wirtspflanzen, Generationszyklen. Schriften der Thuringischen Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft fur Heilpflanzenkunde und Heilpflanzenbeschaffung in Weimar, 4 (1), & Mitteilungen der Thuringischen Botanischen Gesellschaft, 3 (1), 1 - 484.","Szelegiewicz, H. (1978) Przeglad systematyczny mszyc Polski. Zeszyty Problemowe Postepow Nauk Rolniczych, 208 (Supl.), 1 - 40.","Nast, J., Chudzicka, E., Klimaszewski, S. M., Czylok, A., Wojciechowski, W. & Koteja, J. (1990) 17. Homoptera - pluskwiaki rownoskrzydle. In: Razowski, J. (Ed.), Wykaz zwierzat Polski. Tom I., czesc 32 / 1 20. Ossolineum, Wroclaw - Warszawa - Krakow, pp. 91 - 124.","Wegierek, P. & Wojciechowski, W. (2004) Mszyce (Aphidinea = Aphidoidea), Filoksery (Phylloxeroidea). In: Bogdanowicz, W., Chudzicka, E., Pilipiuk I. & Skibinska, E. (Eds.), Fauna Polski - Charakterystyka i wykaz gatunkow. 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Here we present a review of the 18 species of the Macrosiphini genus Macrosiphoniella (Hemiptera: Aphididae) known to occur in the United States of America, representing two subgenera, Macrosiphoniella and Phalangomyzus Börner, 1939. We report key features for all species including colour in life and pigmentation on slides of apterous and alate viviparous females of all 18 species. Distributional data, host plants, and biological notes of the reviewed species are presented. Apterous, alate and oviparous females of a new native USA species, Macrosiphoniella sunshine sp. nov., associated with Eriophyllum lanatum (Asteraceae) are described from specimens collected in California, Oregon, and Washington. Keys to apterous and alate viviparous females of the Macrosiphoniella in the USA are also provided. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A15D7190-8E74-4AC6-84B2-6B8AE9A4454C http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3C3FA8B4-9EA5-4F09-ABF0-31EDC3826E13

Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (2019): NEW DATA ON THE NOMINATIVE SUBGENUS OF THE GENUS MACROSIPHONIELLA DEL GUERCIO, 1911 (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE) FROM PALAEARCTIC. Far Eastern Entomologist 388: 1-15, DOI: 10.25221/fee.388.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.388.1

A new species of aphid, belonging to the genus Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio, 1911, is described using three samples collected in Iran on Helichrysum armenium (Asteraceae, Inuleae) by the late Prof. G. Remaudière. Both apterous and alate viviparous females of the new taxon, Macrosiphoniella remaudierei sp. n., are described and compared to corresponding morphs of the closely allied Macrosiphoniella aetnensis and to other congeneric aphid species on Helichrysum in the Palaearctic region. Type specimens are now stored in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Uroleucon cichorii (Koch, 1855) Aphis intybii (Koch, 1855) and Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis Scopoli, 1763 colonies occurred on Cichorium intybus L., Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. was colonised by Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis. Artemisia vulgaris L. accommodated Macrosiphoniella artemisiae (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841). The annual Crepis setosa Haller was the host plant of Uroleucon cirsii (Linnaeus, 1758) and Uroleucon cichorii. The perennial Picris hieracioides L. also accommodated Uroleucon cirsii. Centaurea arenaria M. Bieb. ex Willd. and Centaurea stoebe L. subsp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek accommodated Uroleucon jaceae (Linnaeus, 1758). Carduus acanthoides L. was colonized by Uroleucon aeneum (Hille Ris Lambers, 1939). Artemisia absinthium L. was the host of Macrosiphoniella absinthii (Linnaeus, 1758). Achillea millefolium L. was colonized by Macrosiphoniella millefolii (De Geer, 1773).

We present the first records from Iran of Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) davazhamci Holman & Szelegiewicz, 1974 and M. (Ramitrichophorus) nikolajevi Kadyrbekov, 1999 (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae) from samples collected by the late Prof. G. Remaudière. Previously, Macrosiphoniella davazhamci was known from Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China, whereas M. nikolajevi only from south Kazakhstan. The Iranian material includes hitherto unknown or poorly known morphs of those two species. We describe and illustrate for the first time the alate vivipara of M. nikolajevi and the ovipara and alate male of M. davazhamci. Additionally, we redescribe the poorly known alate vivipara of the latter species. Notes on the distribution and host plants in Iran are also provided.

Aphid, Macrosiphoniella sanbourni, is a major insect pest that adversely affects ornamental quality and production of chrysanthemum, thus it is critical to develop new cultivars resistant to aphid. However, the genetic mechanism governing aphid resistance is thus far not thoroughly investigated in chrysanthemum. This study aimed to characterize the genetic variation of the aphid resistance in a global collection of 80 chrysanthemum entries, during summer and autumn under greenhouse condition, and to identify the molecular markers for aphid resistance by association mapping. The performances of aphid resistance, quantified by the average damage index of aphid, was significantly correlated (r = 0.93, P

A new replacement name Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) jaroslaviholmani nom. nom. is proposed for M. (A.) jaroslavi Stekolshchikov et Khruleva, 2015.

Karyotypic analysis was carried out from ten most commonly occurring aphids, namely Aphis gossypii (2n = 8), Aphis nasturtii (2n = 8), Aulacorthum solani (2n = 10), Aulacorthum sp. (2n = 12), Greenidea formosana (2n = 18), Macrosiphoniella sp. (2n = 12), Macrosiphum rosae (2n = 10), Myzus persicae (2n = 12), Rhopalosiphum maidis (2n = 8) and Toxoptera aurantii (2n = 8), infesting different host plants from Kangra and Shimla regions of Himachal Pradesh, India.

This study presents the list of aphid species (families Aphididae and Adelgidae, a total of 108 species of 49 genera) collected in the Curonian Spit (Lithuania) in 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991 and 2004 with comments on their distribution. Twenty five species are new to the aphid fauna of Lithuania and 12 species to the entire eastern Baltic region. One species – Schizaphis muhlenbergiae – is reported for the first time from Europe and the Palaearctic region. The Curonian Spit so far is the northernmost finding place of Aphis psammophila, Macrosiphoniella hillerislambersi, Macrosiphum ptericolens and Periphyllus singeri. Comments on the morphological peculiarities and/or biological characters of the local samples of Megoura litoralis, Schizaphis muhlenbergiae, Titanosiphon minkiewiczi, Xerobion judenkoi and Aphis psammophila are given.

Apterous and alate viviparous females of Macrosiphoniella kermanensis sp. nov. living on Artemisia sieberi (Asteraceae) are described from Iran. Also, Coloradoa heinzei (Borner) from Artemisia aucheri (Asteraceae), as a new record in Iran, is redescribed. A key to the apterous viviparous females of Macrosiphoniella del Guercio species living on Artemisia in Iran is given.

Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) jaroslavi sp. nov. (Figs. 34���51, Tabl. 5) Type material. Holotype: apterous viviparous female, No. 10274, slide No. 6 ��� Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) jaroslavi sp. nov., 6.viii. 2012, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Anadyrskiy District, near the village of Beringovskiy, Artemisia arctica Less., on apices of stem between flowers, and on flowers and undersides of leaves, leg. A.V. Stekolshchikov���. Paratypes (all specimens from the same locality as holotype): 6 apt., 1 al., 2 males and 6 ovip., No.10273, 6.viii. 2012, Artemisia tilesii Ledeb.; 10 males and 71 ovip., No. 10273 - 9.VIII, 9���10.viii. 2012, Artemisia tilesii, adults were reared from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions; 1 fund., 10 apt., 1 al., 1 males and 9 ovip., No.10274, 6.viii. 2012, Artemisia arctica; 1 males and 34 ovip. No. 10274 - 9.VIII, 9��� 10.viii. 2012, Artemisia arctica, adults were reared from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions. Etymology. New species is named in honor of the recently deceased great Czech aphidologist Jaroslav Holman. Description. Fundatrix. Body broadly oval, 1.7 times as long as its width. Appearance of living specimens similar to that of apterous viviparous females. Cleared specimens with dark brown apex of 3 rd antennal segment, distal part of 4 th segment, whole of 5 th��� 6 th segments, ultimate rostral segment, apices of tibiae and tarsi; with brown distal half of siphunculi and 3 rd rostral segment; and with light brown head, 1 st��� 3 rd (except apices of 3 rd) and basal half of 4 th antennal segments, legs (except apices of tibiae and tarsi), basal halves of siphunculi, subgenital and anal plates and cauda. Metathorax and abdominal dorsum without any sclerotization. Marginal and spinal tubercles absent. Head with weak traces of epicranial coronal suture. Third antennal segment with 20 small secondary rhinaria located in slightly swollen basal half of segment. Setae on trochanters weakly capitate. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.36���0.37 of length, without setae. Apterous viviparous female. Body oval, elongate oval or elliptical, 1.9���2.1 (2.0) times as long as its width. The living specimens green, yellow-green or green with yellow-green abdomen, dull glistening, without waxy pulverulence; frons yellow-brown or dirty yellow-green, antennae dark with pale base of 3 rd antennal segment, legs pale green or grey-green with dark apices of femora and tibiae, and tarsi; siphunculi dark, sometimes pale at the very base; cauda pale yellow-brown, grey or dark grey. Cleared specimens with dark brown antennae (only base of 3 rd segment pale, but sometimes 3 rd dark only at apices and 4 th dark only on distal part); dark brown ultimate rostral segments, apices of femora and tibiae, tarsi and siphunculi; with head, prothorax, sclerites at bases of coxae, sclerites and band on metathorax and tergites of abdomen brown; with legs (except apices of femora and tibiae and tarsi), subgenital and anal plates and cauda light-brown. Metathorax and abdominal dorsum with rows of small sclerites at bases of setae (width of sclerites 1.8���4.4 times as long as width of base of setae); sclerites on tergite VII sometimes fused to form a short band in middle of tergite; ante- and postsiphuncular sclerites absent, but sometimes small sclerites on tergite V in front of the siphunculi are fused to form thin and fragmented antesiphuncular sclerites. Surface of head and dorsal side of thorax and abdominal tergites I���VI smooth, sometimes slightly wrinkled; surface of abdominal tergites VII���VIII with long rows of small blunt spinules; surface of ventral side of thorax and abdomen with more-or-less long rows of small pointed spinules sometimes forming strongly stretched reticulate cells. Setae on dorsal surface of thorax and abdomen weakly capitate, on ventral surface pointed, finely pointed or rarely blunt. Marginal tubercles (unpaired or rarely paired) were often present on abdominal segment II���IV; total number of marginal tubercles on whole body 0���5 (0.5 ���2.0). Marginal tubercles small (medial diameter of siphunculus 4.9���9.2 (7.4) times as long as width of the largest marginal tubercle), strongly protuberant from semicircular up to papilliform or elongated cone-shaped, diameter of tubercles 0.7 ���2.0 times as long as high. Spinal tubercles absent. Head without traces of epicranial coronal suture. Frontal tubercles moderately developed, antennal tubercles high, divergent, median tubercle indistinct, almost invisible. Setae on dorsal side of head weakly capitate, on ventral side���blunt or weakly capitate. Antennae 6 -segmented, 1 st��� 3 rd antennal segments slightly wrinkled, almost smooth (only apices of 3 rd segment sometimes with some hardly visible scales), 4 th��� 6 th segments with large scales which are almost invisible on 4 th segment but well-defined on 5 th��� 6 th segments. Third antennal segment with 54���101 (69.8 ���84.0) small secondary rhinaria distributed over almost the entire length of the segment, 4 th and 5 th segment without rhinaria. Antennae with weakly capitate, blunt or pointed (on 6 th segment) setae. Rostrum reaching meso- or metathorax. Ultimate rostral segment elongate wedge-shaped with straight or weakly convex sides, 2.20���3.63 (2.78) times as long as its basal width. Legs long, setae on femora and tibiae blunt, weakly capitate or rarely pointed, on trochanters and coxae pointed or finely pointed. Chaetotaxy of first tarsal segments 3, 3, 3 (rarely on one or two legs first tarsal segments with 2 or 4 setae). Arms of mesosternal furca connected by wide base. Spiracles reniform. Siphunculi with conical base, gradually tapering towards apex, often slightly curved outwards, with small, indistinct flange and polygonal reticulation on distal 0.45���0.56 (0.50) of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 9���13 cells), weakly imbricated on basal half with small scales and pointed spinules. More than 30 % of specimens have 1 or 2 short (25���41 ��m) blunt or slightly capitate setae on siphunculi. Subgenital plate oval, with pointed setae on anterior half and blunt or pointed setae along the hind margin. Setae on anal plate finely pointed. Cauda sword-shaped with pointed apex, with a constriction at basal third, irregular margins and long, finely pointed setae. Measurements of holotype. Body��� 3553 �� 1716, antenna��� 3303: III��� 910 �� 53 (in the middle), IV��� 610, V��� 544, VI��� 210 + 769; hind femur��� 1157, hind tibia��� 2000; siphunculus��� 627 �� 116 (in the middle); cauda��� 559 �� 235 (at base) �� 209 (before base). For more biometric data see Table 5. Alate viviparous female. Body elongate oval, 2.3���2.4 times as long as its width. The living specimens are green, dull glistening, without waxy pulverulence; head and thorax dark, antennae dark with pale base of 3 rd antennal segment, legs dark with pale bases of femora, siphunculi dark, sometimes with pale bases, cauda pale yellow-brown or dark grey. Cleared specimens with dark brown antennae (only base of 3 rd segment pale), ultimate rostral segments, distal halves of femora, whole of tibiae and tarsi; with brown head, thorax, sclerites and band on tergites of abdomen and peritremes, siphunculi, subgenital and anal plate and cauda; with light brown base of 3 rd segment and basal halves of femora. Abdominal segments II���IV with large marginal sclerites; dorsal sclerites on tergite I very small or absent; dorsal sclerites on tergites II���IV sometimes fused to form short bands, interrupted in the midline. Surface of abdominal tergite VII with short rows of large blunt spinules. One of the two individuals has two marginal tubercles on abdominal segment IV. Third antennal segment with 77���121 (83.5���117.5) secondary rhinaria, 4 th and 5 th segment without rhinaria; secondary rhinaria are round, small (largest with internal diameter 20���23 ��m), protruberant, with external diameter 1.3���3.3 times as long as their height, spaced evenly along the segment. First antennal segment with setae 30���38 ��m long. Largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 8���9 cells. One individual has 2 setae on one siphunculus and 3 on the other. Male. Apterous. Body elongated spindle-shaped, 2.1���2.7 (2.3���2.5) times as long as its width. The living specimens dark brown or dark dirty-green, dull glistening, without waxy pulverulence; antennae dark with pale base of 3 rd antennal segment, legs dark with pale basal halves of femora, siphunculi dark, cauda dark grey. Cleared specimens with dark brown antennae (only base of 3 rd segment pale), ultimate rostral segments, distal halves of femora, whole of tibiae and tarsi; with brown head, sclerites and band on segments of thorax and abdomen and peritremes on abdomen, siphunculi and cauda; and with light brown base of 3 rd segment and basal halves of femora. Thorax with large weakly sclerotized band on dorsum and large sclerites at bases of coxae; abdomen with rows of sclerites on tergites I���VI, often fused into cross-bands interrupted to a greater or lesser degree in the midline, cross-bands on tergites VII���VIII, marginal sclerites on tergites I���VII and peritremes, and with bands on sternites II���VII, interrupted in the midline. Surface of abdominal tergite VI���VIII and marginal sclerites with rows of pointed spinules; sclerotic cuticle of ventral side of thorax and abdomen with rows of large spinules. Setae on dorsal surface of thorax and abdomen blunt or weakly capitate. Marginal tubercles (unpaired or very rare paired) were often present on abdominal segments III���IV and rare on segments I���II; total number of marginal tubercles on whole body 0���3 (0.7���1.4). Setae on dorsal side of head blunt or weakly capitate, on ventral side���blunt or pointed. Third antennal segment with 40���78 (55.8���62.4) small secondary rhinaria located almost the entire length of the segment, 4 th segment with 0���9 (2.0��� 2.6) rhinaria and 5 th segment with 4���13 (7.9���8.6) secondary rhinaria, more of them located in the distal half of segment. Rostrum reaching to metathorax or abdominal tergite II. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.31���0.45 (0.40) of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 5���7 cells); 77 % of specimens have 1 or 2 setae on siphunculi. Cauda short tongue-shaped, sometimes almost escutcheon-shaped (with basal width greater than the length), with a weak constriction almost at the middle. Oviparous female. Body broadly elliptical, 1.8���2.1 (1.9 ���2.0) times as long as its width. The living specimens as apterous viviparous female, but with pale cauda. Setae on dorsal surface of thorax and abdomen blunt or weakly capitate. Marginal tubercles sometimes (but very rare) present on metothorax; total number of marginal tubercles on whole body 0���5 (1.3���1.9). Head without or with weak traces of epicranial coronal suture. Third antennal segment with 21���42 (31.2���35.2) small secondary rhinaria, more of them located in basal half to two thirds. Rostrum reaching metathorax or abdominal segment I. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.38���0.59 (0.47) of length (largest transverse row in reticulate part of siphunculi consisting of 8���12 cells), 58 % of specimens have 1���3 short (21���50 ��m) setae on siphunculi. Subgenital plate with almost unsclerotized anterior half and with intensive sclerotization on posterior half. Cauda linguiform with pointed apex and with a constriction at the middle. Hind tibiae distinctly swollen on basal half, with 41���127 small or very small round or oval pheromone plates, more of them located on basal half. Distribution. Known only from the type locality���Chukotka AO, Anadyrskiy District, nearby vill. Beringovskiy. Biology. Monoecious, holocyclic. A colony of this species consisting of an old fundatrix, apterous and alate viviparous females, males, oviparous females, apteroid and alatoid nymphs was found on 6 August 2012 on apices of shoots between flowers of Artemisia arctica. Another colony consisting of apterous and alate viviparous females, males, oviparous females, apteroid and alatoid nymphs was found on the same date and in the same location (at a distance of several tens of metres from the previous one) on apices of shoots between flowers, on flowers and on undersides of apical leaves of Artemisia tilesii. Apteroid and alatoid nymphs from both colonies were transferred to plants under laboratory conditions, where on 9���10 August 2012 several more males and oviparous females were reared to maturity. Systematic relationships. The new species differs from all other species of Macrosiphoniella living on Artemisia by the following combination of characters: ultimate rostral segment not stiletto-shaped, without pointed apex, with straight or slightly convex sides and with setae on basal half similar in length to subapical (primary) setae, ratio of ultimate rostral segment to 2 nd segment of hind tarsus 0.86���1.32; 3 rd antennal segment of apterous viviparous females with 54���100 secondary rhinaria; hind tibiae without a ventral row of short thick peg-like setae, and only slightly darker than the body except fordark apices; siphunculi completely dark, only with bases sometimes a little paler, and gradually tapering towards the apex (without sharp constriction or swelling), siphunculi of apterous viviparous females 0.95���1.14 times as long as cauda, with reticulation over distal 0.45���0.56 of length; abdominal tergite III with 16���26 setae. The form of the ultimate rostral segment suggests that this species belongs to the subgenus Asterobion. This subgenus currently has 13 species, and is mainly associated with Astereae. Only two species��� M. (A.) galatellae Bozhko, 1953 and M. (A.) yomenae (Shinji, 1922) ���have been recorded from Artemisia (Holman, 2009). Both differ from the new species in having well-marked antesiphuncular sclerites, dark femora (pale only at the very base), entirely dark tibiae, and dark cauda. All other species of Asterobium are also well differentiated from M. (A.) jaroslavi. They have significantly less secondary rhinaria on the 3 rd antennal segment than the new species. M. (A.) asteris (Walker, 1849), M. (A.) bozhkoae Remaudi��re, 1997 and M. (A.) linariae (Koch, 1855) have clearly marked antesiphuncular sclerites, M. (A.) bozhkoae, M. (A.) crepidis Holman et Szelegiewicz, 1974, M. (A.) elegans Pashtshenko, 1999, M. (A.) linariae (Koch, 1855), M. (A.) soosi Szelegiewicz, 1966 have dark tibiae and cauda or, in the cases of M. (A.) davazhamci Holman et Szelegiewicz, 1974, M. (A.) erigeronis Nevsky, 1928 and M. (A.) yangi Takahashi, 1937, only a dark cauda. M. (A.) yangi has large postsiphuncular sclerites, and the siphunculi of M. (A.) aktaschica Nevsky, 1929 are pale on the basal part (siphunculi of M. (A.) jaroslavi entirely dark, sometimes pale at the very base). In the remaining species, M. (A.) ixeridis Holman, Lee et Havelka, 2006, the ratio of length of ultimate rostral segment to that of second segment of hind tarsus is much smaller (0.55���0.63) than in M. (A.) jaroslavi. Macrosiphum chukotense sp. nov. (Figs. 52���65, Tabl. 6) Type material. Holotype: apterous viviparous female, No. 10247, ��� Macrosiphum chukotense sp. nov., 17.vii. 2012, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Anadyrskiy District, 40 km SSW vill. Beringovskiy, N 62 �� 43 ', E 178 �� 56 ', Astragalus alpinus L., on legumes, leg. A.V. Stekolshchikov���. Paratypes (all specimens from the same locality as holotype): 2 apt., No.10231, 13.vii. 2012, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fr.; 2 fund., No.10232, 6.vii. 2012, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fr.; 9 apt., No. 10232 - 12.VII, 12.vii. 2012, adults was obtained from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fr.; 1 fund., No.10236, 8.vii. 2012, Saxifraga nelsoniana D. Don; 2 fund., No.10237, 9.vii. 2012, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fr.; 13 apt., No. 10237 - 15.VII, 15.vii. 2012, adults were obtained from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fr.; 1 apt., No.10239, 13.vii. 2012, Pedicularis sudetica Willd.; 2 fund., No.10241, 10.vii. 2012, Artemisia sp.; 1 apt., No. 10241 - 15.VII, 15.vii. 2012, adult was obtained from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions, Artemisia sp.; 2 apt., No.10243, 12.vii. 2012, Rubus chamaemorus L.; 1 fund. and 3 apt., No.10244, 13.vii. 2012, Anemone narcissiflora var. monantha DC.; 1 apt., No. 10244 - 15.VII, 15.vii. 2012, adult was obtained from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions, Anemone narcissiflora var. monantha DC.; 1 fund. and 14 apt., No.10249, 17.vii. 2012, Fundatrix Apterous viviparous females Males Oviparous females Number of samples / specimens 7 / 11 17 / 62 1 / 4 1 / 8 Length of body 2548���3594 (2548���3462) 2380���3837 (2589���3654) 2005���2074 (2094) 2563���2903 (2722) Length of antenna 2415���3247 (2415���3051) 2812���4279 (3146���3871) 3181���3522 (3378) 3156���3766 (3418) Length of antenna / length of body 0.86���0.97 (0.92) 0.96���1.45 (1.05���1.29) 1.49���1.76 (1.62) 1.15���1.36 (1.26) HFem length 807���1122 (807���1114) 670���1416 (909���1340) 772���903 (827) 1035���1228 (1129) length / length of body 0.30���0.35 (0.32) 0.27���0.42 (0.29���0.40) 0.38���0.42 (0.32) 0.39���0.43 (0.41) length / W Head 1.64���2.01 (1.64���1.97) 1.41���2.46 (1.71���2.37) 1.71���1.97 (1.82) 2.00��� 2.30 (2.14) HTib length 1472���2051 (1472���2035) 1675���2649 (1820���2553) 1523���1741 (1617) 1868���2020 (1949) length / length of body 0.53���0.62 (0.57) 0.60���0.81 (0.62���0.77) 0.74���0.84 (0.77) 0.69���0.77 (0.72) Head 477���610 (477���579) 475���606 (488���575) 450���459 (454) 513���541 (527) Depth of frontal sinus / width between antennal bases 0.20���0.35 (0.26) 0.21���0.39 (0.21���0.34) 0.21���0.24 (0.22) 0.26���0.38 (0.32) Setae on head occipital length 23���38 (25���38) 30���56 (30���50) 25���35 (30) 35���71 (48) length / Ant 3 AD 0.64���1.36 (0.71���1.15) 0.81���1.50 (0.87���1.27) 0.83���1.08 (0.94) 1.03���2.07 (1.38) frontal length 25���43 (25���43) 33���61 (35���52) 25���43 (33) 38���61 (48) length / Ant 3 AD 0.63���1.55 (0.65���1.30) 0.86���1.57 (0.93���1.32) 0.80���1.31 (1.03) 1.03���1, Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on pages 19-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996

Despite the relative ease of isolating microsatellites, their development still requires substantial inputs of time, money and expertise. For this reason there is considerable interest in using existing microsatellites on species from which markers were not cloned. We tested cross-species amplification of 48 existing aphid loci in species of the following genera: Aphidinae: Aphidini: Aphis and Rhopalosiphum ; Aphidinae: Macrosiphini: Acyrthosiphum , Brevicoryne , Diuraphis , Illinoia , Macrosiphoniella , Macrosiphum , Metopeurum , Metapolophium , Myzus , Phorodon , Sitobion and Uroleucon and Neuquenaphidinae: Neuquenaphis . Our results show cross-species application of known microsatellite loci is a highly promising source of codominant markers for population genetic and evolutionary studies in aphids.

P. 111-116 Se citan por vez primera para Sudamérica seis especies de pulgones: Saltusaphis scirpus Theobald, Myzocallis boerneri Stroyan, Macrocrosiphoniella abrotani (Walker), Macrosiphoniella absinthii (Linnaeus), Macrosiphoniella pseudoartemisiae Shinji y Macrosiphoniella tapuskae (Hottes & Frison). Todas ellas recogidas en la Argentina. Se presentan comentarios de cada especie y claves de identificación para las especies de Myzocallidina y de Macrosiphoniella conocidas en Sudamérica SI

For the first time, Pemphigus mongolicus Holman et Szelegiewicz, 1974, Brachycaudus (Appelia) tragopogonis setosus (Hille Ris Lambers, 1948), Brachycaudus (Nevskyaphis) bicolor (Nevsky, 1929), Diuraphis (Holcaphis) agrostidis (Muddathir, 1965), Macrosiphoniella atra atra (Ferrari, 1872) and Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi, 1921) are recorded from Russia and another 23 species and 4 subspecies from Western Siberia.

The genus Uroleucon, and the related genus Macrosiphoniella, represent a large Tertiary radiation of aphids, with a total of about 300 species distributed throughout the world, primarily on host plant species in the family Asteraceae. A molecular phylogenetic study was conducted to identify major clades within Uroleucon and to address the cladistic validity of current subgeneric categories, the evolution of host plant associations, the age of origin, and intercontinental movements in this genus. The seventeen study species included members of the three major subgenera of Uroleucon, species from Europe and North America, one member of Macrosiphoniella, and two outgroups. Data consisted of DNA sequences for three mitochondrial regions and the nuclear gene EF1alpha, for a total of 4287 sites. Nodes supported strongly in both parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses suggest that: (1) Nearctic Uromelan are a monophyletic group branching near the base of the genus and not related to European Uromelan, (2) the New World subgenus Lambersius is possibly monophyletic but is not a tightly related group and is not closely related to other North American species, and (3) Nearctic members of subgenus Uroleucon are a closely related monophyletic group not allied with Nearctic Uromelan or Lambersius. Instead they represent a separate colonization by an Old World ancestor, as they are nested within a strongly supported clade containing European members of both subgenera Uroleucon and Uromelan. Neither of these subgenera is monophyletic. Molecular clock calculations, based on calibrations of mitochondrial divergences from other insects, suggest that Uroleucon + Macrosiphoniella is a relatively recent radiation, probably no more than 5-10 million years old. Although largely confined to Asteraceae, this clade did not radiate in parallel with its host plants. Rather, lateral movement between lineages of Asteraceae must have occurred repeatedly.

Aphidoidea, endosymbiotic bacteria, bacteriocytes, transovarial transmission of endosymbiotic bacteria The ultrastructure, distribution and transovarial transmission of endosymbiotic bacteria in representatives of six aphid families: Eriosomatidae (Pemphigus spyrothecae, Prociphilus fraxini), Anoeciidae [Anoecia (Anoecia) corni], Drepanosiphidae [Mindarus abietinus, Sipha (Rungsia) maydis, Clethrobius comes, Myzocallis (Lineomyzocallis) walshii], Thelaxidae (Thelaxes dryophila), Aphididae (Delphiniobium junackianum, Aphis viburni, Cavariella theobaldi, Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria) and Lachnidae (Schizolachnus pineti, Eulachnus rileyi) were studied at the ultrastructural level. The ovaries of aphids are accompanied by large organs termed bacteriomes that consist of giant cells termed bacteriocytes. The bacteriocyte cytoplasm is tightly packed with endosymbiotic bacteria. Ultrastructural observations have shown that the bacteria Buchnera aphidicola (primary symbiont of aphids) present in various species are characterized by significant differences in both size and organization of their cytoplasm. In the aphids, Prociphilus fraxini, Sipha (Rungsia) maydis, Thelaxes dryophila, Aphis viburni, Cavariella theobaldi, Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria, Eulachnus rileyi and Schizolachnus pineti, in addition to Buchnera aphidicola, secondary endosymbionts are also present. The bacteriocytes containing secondary endosymbionts are less numerous than those with Buchnera. In Eulachnus rileyi (Lachnidae), in addition to primary and secondary endosymbionts, there is a third type of microorganism. In all species examined both the primary and secondary endosymbionts are transovarially transmitted from mother to offspring.

Aphids represent the most destructive of chrysanthemum pests to cultivation. Reliable variety sources of resistance and control methods are limited, so development of highly resistant breeding lines is desirable. An intergeneric hybrid between Dendranthema morifolium (chrysanthemum) variety 'Zhongshanjingui' and Artemisia vulgaris (mugwort) 'Variegata' was attempted. Most of the hybrid embryos aborted at an early developmental stage. Embryo rescue allowed the generation of hybrid plants, whose hybridity was confirmed by a combination of morphological, cytological and GISH analysis. The hybrids were vigorous, flowered normally, and their flower and leaf shape resembled those of the chrysanthemum more than those of the mugwort parent. The hybrids showed much higher resistance to chrysanthemum aphid (Macrosiphoniella sanbourni) than maternal chrysanthemum by inoculation test. The leaves of the hybrid developed a higher density of trichomes and secretory glands compared to the maternal chrysanthemum. GC-MS analysis revealed that approximately 51% of the essential oil in the hybrid leaves were monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids, while the proportion in the chrysanthemum was approximately 37%, and in the mugwort was approximately 90%. It is inferred that higher aphid resistance in the hybrid mainly owed to the leaf micromorphology and bioactive essential oil content.

Key to the apterous viviparous females of Macrosiphoniella species living on Artemisia (Asteraceae) in Iran The one new species and the previously described species of Macrosiphoniella living on Artemisia in Iran can be identified using the following key. 1. Abdominal tergites I���V with a pair of dark transverse bands, which are often fused in abdominal tergites IV & V; SIPH thick, about 2 x its basal width; ANTIII with 24���50 rhinaria in basal half.............................................................................................................................................. M. absinthii (Linnaeus) ��� Abdominal tergites without dark transverse bands; SIPH more than 2 x its basal width; ANTIII with less than 23 rhinaria....................................................................................................................................... 2 2 (1). URS less than 0.8 2 HT; SIPH with a slight constriction, shorter than cauda; Cauda pale......................................................................................................................................................... M. abrotani (Walker) ��� URS more than 0.8 2 HT, if shorter then basal part of SIPH broader; SIPH longer or shorter than cauda................................................................................................................................................................. 3 3 (2). SIPH at least with 40 % reticulation on apex............................................................................................ 6 ��� SIPH with less than 33 % reticulation on apex........................................................................................ 4 4 (3). Dorsal abdominal hairs mostly arising from papilliform tubercles; SIPH black.......................................................................................................................................... M. tuberculatum ��� artemisicola Bozhko ��� Dorsal abdominal hairs not arising from distinct tubercles; SIPH dark with paler bases........................ 5 5 (4). PT 4.2���5.3 x ANTVIb; SIPH 1.8���2.3 x Cauda; ANTIII with more than 6 rhinaria...................................................................................................................................................... M. tapuskae (Hottes & Frison) ��� PT 1.7���2.5 x ANTVIb; SIPH 1.0��� 1.3 x Cauda; ANTIII with less than 7 rhinaria................................................................................................................................................................. M. kermanensis sp. nov. 6 (3). Pale green; body not covered with wax powder; ANTIV 0.9 x ANTIII; PT 1.2���1.3 x ANTIII.............................................................................................................................................. M. oblonga (Mordvilko) ��� Dark green to brown; body covered with wax powder; ANTIV less than 0.9 x ANTIII; PT shorter than ANTIII...................................................................................................................................................... 7 7 (6). SIPH with 50���70 % reticulation on apex; shorter than cauda; cauda dark and finger-shaped; longest hairs on ANTIII 1.5 ���2.0x its basal diameter.............................. M. artemisiae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) ��� SIPH with 40���50 % reticulation on apex; as long as or longer than cauda; cauda pale brown, fingershaped with sharp apex; longest hairs on ANTIII less than 1.2 x its basal diameter M. pulvera (Walker), Published as part of Mehrparvar, Mohsen & Rezwani, Ali, 2007, A new species of Macrosiphoniella and redescription of Coloradoa heinzei (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) as a new record in Iran, pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1634 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179473

Macrosiphoniella kermanensis Mehrparvar & Rezwani, sp. nov. (Figs. 1���13 & 21, Table 1) Diagnosis. Color in living specimens grayish green, covered with a thin layer of wax powder. Thorax and abdomen without dark sclerotization. The percentage of reticulation on apical part of SIPH (24���30 %) and ratio between PT and ANTVIb (1.74���2.45) are the most important distinguishing characteristics of M. kermanensis sp. nov.. Other morphological characteristics which separate this species from the other species of Macrosiphoniella are as follows: Body hairs placed on small distinct pale scleroites. PT 0.58���0.82 times as long as ANTIII; ANTIII with 2���6 secondary rhinaria; URS 1.06���1.36 times longer than 2 HT; tibia brown with dark apex; SIPH dark as cauda; SIPH slender, 1.02���1.31 times longer than cauda. Cauda with 14���20 hairs. Description. Apterous viviparous females (based on 46 examined specimens): Color in living specimens: Body grayish green covered with a thin layer of wax powder. Antenna, apical part of femora, tibia, siphunculi and cauda dark. Color in macerated specimens (Fig. 21): head pale brown. ANTI and ANTII brown to dark brown, darker than head; ANTIII pale brown with dark brown apex; ANTIV, ANTV and ANTVI brown. URS dark brown. Thorax and abdominal segments pale without pigmentation. SIPH dark brown with paler base. Cauda dark brown as SIPH. Femora pale with a dark brown spot near apex; tibia brown with darker apex; and tarsi dark brown. Morphological characters: Body spindle-shaped, 2.1���2.6 mm long; head smooth; antennal tubercles well developed with diverging inner sides; median tubercle absent, frons U-shaped; antenna 1.0��� 1.19 times longer than body length; antennal hairs slightly capitate. ANTIII with 19���24 hairs, the longest one as long as or shorter than basal width of ANTIII, bearing 2���6 secondary rhinaria in basal half; primary rhinarium ciliate; PT 1.74���2.45 times longer than ANTVIb and 0.58���0.82 times as long as ANTIII; ANTIV 0.75���0.95 times as long as ANTIII; ANTVIb 1.11���1.41 times longer than URS; URS pointed, 1.06���1.36 times longer than 2 HT, bearing 6 long and fine accessory hairs which longer than the subapical primary hairs; hind tibia without short thick peg-like hairs; first tarsal segment with 3 ��� 3 ��� 3 hairs. Dorsum membranous; dorsal hairs placed on small distinctly visible pale scleroites; marginal and antesiphuncular sclerites not visible; tergite VIII with 8���10 hairs; SIPH thin, cylindrical, with 24���30 % reticulation on apex, 1.02���1.31 times longer than cauda and 0.17��� 0.22 times as long as body length. Flange small. Cauda elongate, finger-shaped, with a weak constriction on the base, 2.10���2.93 times longer than its basal width and bearing 14���20 long hairs. Alate viviparous females (based on 4 examined specimens): Color in living specimens: similar in appearance to apterous specimens, antenna, thorax, apical part of femora, tibia, siphunculi and cauda dark. Color in macerated specimens: ANTIII brown with pale base; thorax brown. Abdominal segments pale without pigmentation. Wings pale with pale brown veins. Cauda brown, paler than SIPH. Two third of apical part of femora dark brown and one third of basal part pale; tibia dark brown. Otherwise like apterous viviparous females. Morphological characters: Body spindle-shaped, 2.3���2.5 mm long; antenna 1.12���1.21 times longer than body length; ANTIII with 18���25 hairs, longest one 0.75���1.33 times as long as basal diameter of ANTIII, bearing 5���8 secondary rhinaria distributed in two third of basal part; PT 2.09���2.65 times longer than ANTVIb and 0.67���0.79 times as long as ANTIII; ANTIV 0.86���0.89 times as long as ANTIII; ANTVIb 1.05���1.35 times longer than URS; URS 1.13���1.27 times longer than 2 HT; SIPH with 27���29 % reticulation on apex, 1.20���1.44 times longer than cauda and 0.19���0.21 times as long as body length. Cauda elongate, finger-shaped, bearing 16���19 long hairs, 2.0��� 2.4 times longer than its basal width. Otherwise like apterous viviparous females. Taxonomic notes. Macrosiphoniella kermanensis sp. nov. resembles in some characters M. vallesiacae Jorg & Lampel, M. seriphidii Kadyrbekov and M. terraealbae Kadyrbekov which occur in Palaearctic regions, but is distinguishable from these by its short PT and lesser extent of reticulation of SIPH. The new species has a long and slender cauda, which is at least 2.10 times as long as its basal width, without constriction in medial part, but M. vallesiacae has a cauda with a distinct constriction and SIPH with reticulation over 40 % in apical part. M. kermanensis sp. nov., M. seriphidii and M. terraealbae have SIPH with paler base. But in M. kermanensis sp. nov. PT is 1.74���2.45 times longer than ANTVIb and extent of reticulation of SIPH is 24���30 % while in M. seriphidii and M. terraealbae PT is 2.6 ��� 3.2 and 2.7 ��� 3.1 times longer than ANTVIb respectively (Kadyrbekov 2000). Also extent of reticulation of SIPH in M. kermanensis sp. nov. is less than M. seriphidii (0.45 ��� 0.55 %) and M. terraealbae (0.48 ��� 0.56 %) (Kadyrbekov 2000). Furthermore color of hind tibia in M. kermanensis sp. nov. is brown with darker apex while in other two species it is mostly pale. Type material. Holotype: apterous viviparous female, (ICSTKD 21 - 2), Iran: Kerman province, Pamazar, N 29 �� 53��05.2���� E 56 �� 17��26.8 ����, Altitude: 2366 m, 21 April 2006, on Artemisia sieberi, M. Mehrparvar. Insect Collection of International Center for Science, High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Paratypes: 1 apterous viviparous female with the same data as the holotype; 25 apterous viviparous females and 4 alate viviparous females, (ICSTKD 20), Iran: Kerman province, Ghaderabad, N 29 �� 56��50.8 ���� E 56 �� 23��06.5����, Altitude: 2209 m, 21 April 2006, on Artemisia sieberi, M. Mehrparvar; 10 apterous viviparous females, (ICSTKD 166), Iran: Kerman province, Chatrud, N 30 �� 37��54.1 ���� E 56 �� 57��41.6 ����, Altitude: 2023 m, 13 April 2007, on Artemisia sieberi, M. Mehrparvar; 3 apterous viviparous females, (ICSTKD 171), Iran: Kerman province, Serashk, N 30 �� 51��04.7���� E 57 �� 02��16.4 ����, Altitude: 1786 m, 13 April 2007, on Artemisia sieberi, M. Mehrparvar; 6 apterous viviparous females, (ICSTKD 174), Iran: Kerman province, Jorjafak, N 30 �� 44��12.2 ���� E 56 �� 23��21.3 ����, Altitude: 1732 m, 14 April 2007, on Artemisia sieberi, M. Mehrparvar; Insect Collection of International Center for Science, High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Etymology. The specific name is originated from the name of the place of collecting the specimens. Host plant and biology. This aphid lives in sparse colonies on shoots of Artemisia sieberi (Asteraceae), which is distributed in the W and C Asia and Europe (Mozaffarian 1998). It should be noted that previously, A. sieberi was known as synonym of A. herba-alba, but now DNA evidence has shown that they are distinct species (Torrell et al. 1999). The sexual forms are not known yet. Distribution. This species is known from some localities (Pamazar, Ghaderabad, Chatrud, Serashk and Jorjafak) in the northern part of Kerman province, south-east of Iran, but its distribution could coincide with that of its host plant, which is distributed through Iran., Published as part of Mehrparvar, Mohsen & Rezwani, Ali, 2007, A new species of Macrosiphoniella and redescription of Coloradoa heinzei (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) as a new record in Iran, pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1634 on pages 62-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179473, {"references":["Kadyrbekov, R. Kh. (2000) New aphid species of Macrosiphini tribe (Homoptera, Aphididae) from Southern Kazakhstan. Selevinia, 2000, 9 - 17.","Mozaffarian, V. (1998) A dictionary of Iranian plant names. 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The first study of the aphid fauna from Chukotka Autonomous Okrug has been made; 18 species are reported from this territory, the most north-eastern of Russia and of the Palaeartic Region. Five new species are described: Aphis aquilonalis sp. nov. on Rumex arcticus Trautv.; Aphis beringiensis sp. nov. were collected by yellow trap; Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) jaroslavi sp. nov. on Artemisia arctica Less. and Artemisia tilesii Ledeb.; Macrosiphum chukotense sp. nov., a polyphagous species found on plants in nine different families; and Pleotrichophorus tuberculatus sp. nov. on Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. In addition, the male and oviparous female of Acyrthosiphon boreale Hille Ris Lambers, 1952 and the fundatrix and male of Pleotrichophorus knowltoni Corpuz-Raros and Cook, 1974 are described for the first time.

Macrosiphoniella madeirensis Aguiar & Ilharco, sp. nov. Apterous viviparous female (Fig. 1). Measurements from 33 specimens (Table 1). Body 1.95���2.87 mm long, with head, antennae, rostrum, pronotum, mesonotum, legs, siphunculi, and cauda black. Abdominal dorsum membranous, with pairs of marginal, pleural, spinal, and antesiphuncular black sclerites; spinal sclerites on 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th tergites usually larger than the others and those on 3 rd and 4 th tergites often fused into two larger plates; 8 th abdominal tergite with a transverse black band. Frontal tubercles of head little developed. Antennae 2.06���2.51 mm long, 0.82���1.06 times as long as body; III antennal segment 0.58���0.73 mm long, with 19���46 secondary rhinaria irregularly scattered on the 0.5���0.7 basal part of the segment; IV antennal segment 0.39���0.52 mm long and 1.22���1.45 times as long as V, this 0.29���0.38 mm long; base of VI segment 0.12���0.15 mm long; processus terminalis 0.49���0.60 mm long, 3.47���4.38 times as long as base of VI and 0.74���0.95 times as long as III. Primary rhinaria ciliate. Rostrum long, reaching to abdominal sternites 3���4. Apical rostral segment stiletto��shaped, 0.19���0.22 mm long, with apex distinctly rostrate, 3.80���5.25 times as long as its basal width, 1.43���1.75 times as long as 2 nd joint of hind tarsus (this 0.12���0.15 mm long) and 1.33���1.69 times as long as base of antennal segment VI. Secondary hairs of apical rostral segment 5���7 in number, rarely 4 or 8, the longest 47���70 ��m; primary hairs placed on apical third of segment, being two pairs near apical rostrate part and one pair distally placed, sometimes between middle and apical third of segment. Siphunculi tapering, without basal constriction, 0.33���0.49 mm long, with reticulation on apical 55���65 %, 0.15���0.20 times as long as body and 0.94���1.15 times as long as cauda. Cauda elongate, 0.32���0.44 mm long, constricted at basal third, 2.53���3.33 times as long as its basal width and 1.52���2.15 times as long as the apical rostral segment. Caudal hairs 13���23. Subgenital plate with 2���4 primary hairs and 11���14 (rarely 10���15) marginal ones; sometimes with a supernumerary hair. First tarsal segments with 3, 3, 3 hairs. Marginal tubercles absent. Dorsal hairs very long, acute, blunt, or slightly capitate; posterior cephalic hairs and spinal on 3 rd abdominal tergite about 100���113 ��m long, rarely shorter (up to 86 ��m); hairs on 8 th abdominal tergite 4���6 rarely 7, 93��� 125 ��m long. Pronotum with 8���14 hairs. Tibial hairs stout, with soft apex. Antennal hairs on III segment 33���45 ��m long, with soft apex. Ventral hairs shorter than dorsal ones, mostly blunt but some up to finely pointed. Color when alive: pale gray, covered with a fine whitish waxy excretion, this absent on a bright black somewhat quadrangular spot on center of abdominal dorsum and on a variable degree on abdominal tergites 5 to 8, especially the 6 th and 8 th where the siphunculus and cauda are inserted (Fig. 2). Alate viviparous female (Fig. 3). Measurements from 10 specimens (Table 2). Body 2.21���2.70 mm long. Antennae 2.38���2.69 mm long, 0.98���1.09 times as long as body; III antennal segment 0.72���0.85 mm long, with 60���82 secondary rhinaria on entire length of segment; IV antennal segment 0.45���0.54 mm long, 1.25���1.41 times as long as V, with 0���3 secondary rhinaria, when present, on basal two thirds of segment; V antennal segment 0.34���0.44 mm long, without secondary rhinaria; base of VI segment 0.12���0.15 mm long; processus terminalis 0.56���0.63 mm long, 3.80���4.67 times as long as base of VI and 0.74��� 0.85 times as long as III. Apical rostral segment 1.50���1.57 times as long as 2 nd joint of hind tarsus (this 0.13���0.14 mm long) and 1.36��� 1.68 times as long as base of antennal segment VI. Secondary hairs of apical rostral segment 6���7, rarely 8, the longest 50���60 ��m. Siphunculi subcylindrical, 0.35���0.45 mm long, with reticulation on apical 53���61 %, 0.14��� 0.19 times as long as body and 1.03���1.33 times as long as cauda. Cauda 0.29���0.37 mm long, slender, 2.42���3.08 times as long as its basal width and 1.38���1.68 times as long as apical rostral segment. Caudal hairs 15���22. Subgenital plate with 3���4 primary hairs and 9��� 13 marginal ones. Posterior cephalic hairs 63���88 ��m long; spinal hairs on 3 rd abdominal tergite 70���106 ��m long; hairs on 8 th abdominal tergite 4 ���5, 75��� 97 ��m long. Antennal hairs on III segment 30���38 ��m long. Otherwise as in apterous viviparous female. Host plant, locality, and type depositories. Macrosiphoniella madeirensis lives on the terminal parts of the shoots and on the leaf petioles of Helichrysum melaleucum Rchb. ex. Holl, an endemic Compositae of Madeira Island. The description of M. madeirensis is based on specimens of the following two samples: (1) S. Vicente, Boaventura, Vereda da Entrosa (Fig. 4), 12.II. 2000, col. A.M.F. Aguiar, register number (ICLAM) A 716; (2) Santana, Arco de S. Jorge, 14.II. 2001, col. A.M. F. Aguiar & J. Jesus, register numbers A 744 and CAEAN 6457. Nos. 1���3, from sample A 716. Nos. 4���21, from sample 6457. No. 20, holotype. A.r.s. ��� apical rostral segment. 2 nd j.h.t. ��� 2 nd joint of tarsus. Siph. ��� siphunculus. Sec. rhin. ��� secondary rhinaria. No. Body Antennae A.r.s. 2 nd Siph. Cauda Caudal Sec. rhin. IV j.h.t. hairs III III IV V VI Total Nos. 1���10, from sample 6457. A.r.s. ��� apical rostral segment. 2 nd j.h.t. ��� 2 nd joint of hind tarsus. Siph. ��� siphunculus. Sec. rhin. ��� secondary rhinaria The holotype is specimen no. 20 of the type series (an apterous viviparous female on slide 6) (Table 1). It is kept in the Aphid Collection of Esta����o Agron��mica Nacional (CAEAN). Paratypes on slides are kept also in CAEAN and in Insect Collection of Laborat��rio Agr��cola da Madeira (ICLAM). Paratypes within alcohol will be sent to the aphid collections of The Natural History Museum (Dr. Paul Brown), London, England; the Museum National d���Histoire Naturelle (Dr. G. Remaudi��re), Paris, France; the University of Le��n (Dr. J. M. Nieto Nafria), Le��n, Spain; and the Universit�� degli Studi de Catania (Dr. S. Barbagallo), Sicily, Italy. The specific name madeirensis is preferred to maderensis according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1985), Appendix C (Latinization of geographical and proper names): ���The geographical and proper names of nations that employ the Latin characters should be written with the orthography of the country in which they originate���, Published as part of Franquinho Aguiar, A. M. & Ilharco, Fernando Albano, 2005, Macrosiphoniella madeirensis Aguiar & Ilharco sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) from Madeira Island, pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 867 on pages 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170869

Macrosiphoniella helichrysi Remaudi��re Measurements, amounts, and ratios referred by Remaudi��re (1952) and not observed in the material studied by us from Portugal, Spain, and Italy, are indicated here in parentheses. Apterous viviparous female. Measurements from 61 specimens (Table 3). Body 1.44��� 2.63 mm long. Antennae (1.4) 1.71���2.38 mm long, 0.83���1.28 times as long as body; III antennal segment 0.37���0.65 mm long, with (3) 9���42 secondary rhinaria scattered on 0.5��� 0.8 basal part of segment; IV antennal segment 0.29���0.44 mm long and 0.97���1.29 times as long as V, this 0.25���0.39 mm long; base of VI segment 0.13���0.19 mm long; processus terminalis 0.42���0.63 mm long, 3.18 ���4.00 times as long as base of VI and 0.81���1.15 times as long as III. Primary rhinaria ciliate. Apical rostral segment 0.16���0.21 mm long, 4.00��� 5.25 times as long as its basal width, 1.20���1.54 (1.56) times as long as 2 nd joint of hind tarsus (this 0.12���0.15 mm long) and 1.05���1.54 times as long as base of antennal segment VI. Secondary hairs of apical rostral segment 5���7 in number, longest 40���70 ��m; primary hairs with two pairs near the apical rostrate part of segment and one pair on middle third, near half��length of segment, rarely between middle and apical third of segment. Siphunculi without basal constriction, 0.24���0.55 mm long, with reticulation on apical 50���64 %, 0.15���0.25 times as long as body and 1.04���1.46 times as long as cauda. Cauda 0.22���0.40 mm long, 2.17���3.10 times as long as its basal width and 1.28���1.90 times as long as the apical rostral segment. Caudal hairs 8���20. Subgenital plate with 2���4 primary hairs and 7��� 13 marginal ones; sometimes with 1���2 supernumerary hairs. First tarsal segments with 3,3, 3 hairs. Marginal tubercles absent. Dorsal hairs long, usually blunt to subcapitate but some acute; posterior cephalic hairs 75���119 ��m long; spinal hairs on 3 rd abdominal tergite 83���125 ��m long; hairs on 8 th abdominal tergite 4���6, rarely 3, 86��� 128 ��m long. Pronotum with 7���10 hairs. Tibial hairs stout, with several kinds of apex: soft, acute, blunt, subcapitate. Antennal hairs on III segment 29���49 ��m long, also with several kinds of apices. Ventral hairs shorter than dorsal ones, mostly blunt but some acute. Alate viviparous female. Measurements from 39 specimens (Table 4). Body 1.81���2.48 mm long. Antennae 1.81���2.67 mm long, 0.95���1.15 times as long as body; III antennal segment 0.50���0.72 mm long, with 32���68 secondary rhinaria on the whole length of segment; IV antennal segment 0.30���0.50 mm long, 0.94���1.29 times as long as V, usually without secondary rhinaria but rarely with 1���4 (in the Portuguese material) on basal half of the segment; V antennal segment 0.29���0.45 mm long, without secondary rhinaria; base of VI segment 0.13���0.19 mm long; processus terminalis 0.45���0.68 mm long, 3.00���4.00 times as long as base of VI and 0.77���1.03 times as long as III. Apical rostral segment 0.18���0.21 mm long, 3.80���5.25 times as long as its basal width, 1.36���1.58 times as long as 2 nd joint of hind tarsus. Secondary hairs of the apical rostral segment usually 6, rarely 5 or 7, the longest 32���75 ��m. Siphunculi 0.30���0.46 mm long, with reticulation on apical 43���64 %, 0.15���0.22 times as long as body and 1.25���1.64 times as long as cauda. Cauda 0.22���0.32 mm long, 1.92���2.82 times as long as its basal width and 1.10���1.60 times as long as the apical rostral segment. Caudal hairs 8���18. Dorsal hairs shorter than in apterous viviparous females; posterior cephalic hairs 54���88 ��m long; spinal hairs on 3 rd abdominal tergite 65��� 100 ��m long; hairs on 8 th abdominal tergite 4 ���5, 63��� 106 ��m long. Antennal hairs on III segment 25���43 ��m long. Ventral hairs mostly pointed. Otherwise as in apterous viviparous females. Material studied. PORTUGAL (33 apterous viviparous females and 29 alate viviparous females). Tavira island, 21.IV. 1978, Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don fil. ssp. picardi (Boiss. & Reuter) Franco, col. F. A. Ilharco, J. Pinto & R. Pontes, register number CAEAN 2489. Silves, Boi��o, 26.V. 1979, H. stoechas (L.) Moench, col. F. A. Ilharco, J. Pinto, J. J. Vieira & R. Pontes, register number CAEAN 2946. Santiago do Cac��m, Alvalade, 28.VI. 1979, H. italicum picardi, col. J. Pinto & R. Pontes, register number CAEAN 2996. Castro Daire, Arcas, 27.V. 1980, H. stoechas, col. F. A. Ilharco, J. Pinto & R. Pontes, register number CAEAN 3536 c. Gr��ndola, 11.VI. 1980, H. italicum picardi, col. A. Gomes & J. Pinto, register number CAEAN 3557. Aljezur, Monte Cl��rigo, 29.VII. 1980, H. italicum picardi, col. F. A. Ilharco, J. Pinto & R. Pontes, register number CAEAN 3680. Sesimbra, 27.VI. 1984, H. italicum picardi, col. A. Gomes & F. Belard da Fonseca, register number CAEAN 4200. Silves, April 1991, one alate vagrant from a suction trap, leg. Maria Od��lia de Boelpaepe, register number CAEAN 5958. SPAIN (15 apterous viviparous females and 6 alate viviparous females). Puerto de Perales, 11.VI. 1972, H. stoechas, register number 6 a��� 9. San Esteban dela Valdueza, 22.VI. 1978, H. stoechas, register number LE�� 436. Furo del Sabinal, 24.V. 1980, H. stoechas, register number AL�� 45. El Bosque, C��diz, 14.VI. 1984, H. stoechas, register number CA�� 180. Pto. de la Mora, 26.VI. 1984, H. stoechas, register number GR�� 128. ITALY (13 apterous viviparous females and 4 alate viviparous females). Locality?, 23.XII. 1968, H. italicum, without register number. Sardegna, S. Anna Arresi, Porto Pino, 14.V. 1985, H. italicum, register number 2757. Nos. 1���7, from Spain: 1 ��� Sample 6 a�� 9. 2 ��� Sample LE�� 436. 3,4 ��� Sample AL�� 45. 5 ��� Sample CA�� 180. 6,7 ��� Sample GR�� 128 Nos. 8���14, from Italy: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ��� Sample without register number. 13, 14 ��� Sample 2757. Nos. 15���28, from Portugal: 15, 16 ��� Sample 2489. 17, 18 ��� Sample 2946. 19, 20 ��� Sample 2996. 21 ��� sample 3536 c. 22, 23 ��� Sample 3557. 24, 25 ��� Sample 3680. 26, 27, 28 ��� Sample 4200. A.r.s. ��� apical rostral segment. 2 nd j.h.t. ��� 2 nd joint of hind tarsus. Siph. ��� siphunculus. Sec. rhin. ��� secondary rhinaria. Nos. 1���6, from Spain: 1, 2 ��� Sample 6 a�� 9. 3 ��� Sample CA�� 180. 4, 5, 6 ��� Sample GR�� 128 Nos. 7��10, from Italy: Sample 2757. Nos. 11���26, from Portugal: 11, 12, 13 ��� Sample 2946. 18, 19, 20 ��� Sample 2996. 21, 22, 23 ��� Sample 3557. 24, 25 ��� Sample 3680. 26 ��� Sample 5958. A.r.s. ��� apical rostral segment. 2 nd j.h.t. ��� 2 nd joint of hind tarsus. Siph. ��� siphunculus. Sec. rhin. ��� secondary rhinaria. Distribution. Southern Europe, Middle East, and South Africa (Remaudi��re 1952; Roberti 1959; Tuatay and Remaudi��re 1964; Barbagallo 1969, 1986; Nieto Nafria 1974; Barbagallo and Stroyan 1980; Remaudi��re et al. 1985; Millar 1990; Lampel 2001; Star�� et al. 2001). Note. Macrosiphoniella helichrysi is very well illustrated in Remaudi��re (1952) and Roberti (1959)., Published as part of Franquinho Aguiar, A. M. & Ilharco, Fernando Albano, 2005, Macrosiphoniella madeirensis Aguiar & Ilharco sp. nov. 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Macrosiphoniella sensorinuda Zhang 1992 = Macrosiphoniella lijiangensis Zhang 1992 M. sensorinuda is described in the same paper and from the same host (Artemisia vulgaris L.) as M. lijiangensis, and is distinguished as having shorter siphunculi and cauda. We have examined paratypes of both species, and conclude that there must have been an error in measuring these characters in the description of M. sensorinuda, and that it is a synonym of M. lijiangensis, which has page priority., Published as part of Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1089 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273344

Macrosiphoniella aqua Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, in Zhang 1999 = Macrosiphoniella (Phalangomyzus) grandicauda Takahashi and Moritsu Paratypes of M. aqua, described from Artemisia selengensis in north­west China, seem to be small specimens of M. grandicauda, an aphid found on Artemisia spp. in Japan, China, Korea, east Siberia, India and Nepal.

Macrosiphoniella chita Pashtshenko 1999 = Macrosiphoniella saussureae Holman & Szelegiewicz 1978 M. chita described from Saussurea salicifolia in the Russian Far East has the same morphology featuring adaptations for ant attendance as M. saussureae, described from the same host in Mongolia, and there can be little doubt that they are the same species., Published as part of Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1089 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273344, {"references":["Pashtshenko, N. F. (1999) [Aphids of the genus Macrosiphoniella from the Far East of Russia: 4. Subgenus Sinosiphoniella.] Zoologiske Zhurnal, 78, 432 - 441. (Engl. transl. in Entomological Review, Washington, 79, 205 - 215)"]}

Macrosiphoniella (Sinosiphoniella) buryatica Pashtshenko 1999 to Metopeurum This species was described from the eastern shore of Lake Baikal, colonising flower stems of Tanacetum vulgare, and attended by ants. Except for the long dorsal body hairs the description and biology closely match that of Metopeurum fuscoviride Stroyan, but this species has not yet been found so far east.., Published as part of Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1089 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273344, {"references":["Pashtshenko, N. F. (1999) [Aphids of the genus Macrosiphoniella from the Far East of Russia: 4. Subgenus Sinosiphoniella.] Zoologiske Zhurnal, 78, 432 - 441. (Engl. transl. in Entomological Review, Washington, 79, 205 - 215)"]}

Macrosiphoniella kuwakusae Uye 1924 to Micromyzodium Described in Macrosiphoniella and regarded as a nomen dubium in catalogues, but rediscovered by M Miyazaki (personal communication, 1979), who donated specimens to the BMNH collection., Published as part of Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 1089 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273344