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New record and re-description of a gall-forming aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae), commonly confused in the north of South America, associated with an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Authors :
Ronald Simbaqueba-Cortés
Francisco Serna
Erika Valentina Vergara-Navarro
John Alveiro Quiroz-Gamboa
Source :
Agronomía Colombiana, Vol 33, Iss 1, Pp 113-117 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2015.

Abstract

The gall-forming aphid Tetraneura fusiformis is recorded for the first time for Northern South America. Its identity is clarified, and descriptions of this species and that of T. nigriabdominalis, with which it is commonly confused, are offered. The association of this sap sucking insect with the ant Linepithema angulatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is recorded for the first time as well

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01209965
Volume :
33
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Agronomía Colombiana
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8c34d15938d44b79b41f0ca82aea49c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.15446/agron.colomb.v33n1.49368