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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)
- 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.
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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
- Subjects :
- especies invasoras
insecto-planta
taxonomía
trofobiosis
Plant ecology
QK900-989
Subjects
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