A contribution to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of Wrangel Island

Five aphid species collected on Wrangel Island (Russia) are presented. One species, Aphis polaris sp. nov., feeding on Astragalus alpinus L. and Oxytropis sp., is described, and the fundatrix morph of two others, Pterocomma groenlandicum Hille Ris Lambers, 1952 and Metopolophium sabihae Prior, 1976....

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: Stekolshchikov, Andrey V., Khruleva, OLGA A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2014
Subjects:
Arctic
Aphis polaris sp. n.
Pterocomma groenlandicum Hille Ris Lambers
1952
Metopolophium sabihae Prior
1976
Hemiptera
Wrangel Island
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3887.3.2
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.2
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Summary:Five aphid species collected on Wrangel Island (Russia) are presented. One species, Aphis polaris sp. nov., feeding on Astragalus alpinus L. and Oxytropis sp., is described, and the fundatrix morph of two others, Pterocomma groenlandicum Hille Ris Lambers, 1952 and Metopolophium sabihae Prior, 1976., is described for the first time.

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