Aphis beringiensis Stekolshchikov & Khruleva, 2015, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Stekolshchikov, Andrey V., Khruleva, Olga A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Aphidomorpha; Aphididae; Aphis; Aphis beringiensis; Beringovskiy; Yukon; Chukotka; Chukotka Autonomous Okrug; Kamchatka; Alaska; Beringia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096509; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6096509

Aphis beringiensis sp. nov. (Figs. 19–25, Tabl. 2) Type material. Holotype: alate viviparous female, No. 10263, slide No. 1, “ Aphis beringiensis sp. nov., Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Anadyrskiy District, 40 km SSW vill. Beringovskiy, N 62° 43', E 178° 56', in yellow trap, 21.vii.2012, coll. A.V. Stekolshchikov”. Paratypes: 1 al., No. 10253, from the same locality as holotype, 18.vii.2012, in yellow trap; 2 al., No. 10263, together with holotype; 1 al., No. 10277, from the same locality as holotype, 20.vii.2012. Etymology. The name beringiensis is derived from the geographical name “Beringia”, a loosely defined region which includes parts of Chukotka and Kamchatka in northeastern Asia as well as Alaska and Yukon in western North America. Description. Alate viviparous female. Body egg-shaped, 2.0–2.3 (2.1) times as long as its width. Colour of living specimens unknown. Cleared specimens with head, thorax, 1st and 2nd antennal segments, sclerite at bases of coxae, coxae, trochanters, middle and hind femora ... : 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 12-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996 ...