Three new species of Tamalia(Hemiptera, Aphididae, Tamaliinae) associated with leaf galls on Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, and Comarostaphylisin North America

AbstractTamalia(Hemiptera: Aphididae: Tamaliinae), a Nearctic aphid genus, is associated with galls on woody plants in the family Ericaceae (Arctostaphylosspp., Arbutus arizonica, and Comarostaphylis diversifolia). Tamalia cruzensisMiller and Pike, n. sp., Tamalia glaucensisMiller and Pike, n. sp., and Tamalia moranaeMiller and Pike, n. sp. are described and illustrated. Two of these, T. cruzensisand T. moranae, represent host plant records for Tamaliaon genera other than Arctostaphylosspp. Character measurements, comparisons, and descriptions; DNA cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 sequences; geographic distributions; seasonal occurrence; biology; and host plant associations are provided, along with diagnoses and a key to the known species based on the gall-inhabiting apterous adult stage.