Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) jaroslavi Stekolshchikov & Khruleva, 2015, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Stekolshchikov, Andrey V., Khruleva, Olga A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Aphidomorpha; Aphididae; Macrosiphoniella; Macrosiphoniella jaroslavi; Chukotka; Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096522; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B487ABFFF3FFDA9680898EFEDF61DD

Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) jaroslavi sp. nov. (Figs. 34–51, Tabl. 5) Type material . Holotype : apterous viviparous female, No. 10274, slide No. 6 “ Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) jaroslavi sp. nov., 6.viii.2012, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Anadyrskiy District, near the village of Beringovskiy, Artemisia arctica Less., on apices of stem between flowers, and on flowers and undersides of leaves, leg. A.V. Stekolshchikov”. Paratypes (all specimens from the same locality as holotype): 6 apt., 1 al., 2 males and 6 ovip., No.10273, 6.viii.2012, Artemisia tilesii Ledeb.; 10 males and 71 ovip., No.10273- 9.VIII, 9–10.viii.2012, Artemisia tilesii , adults were reared from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions; 1 fund., 10 apt., 1 al., 1 males and 9 ovip., No.10274, 6.viii.2012, Artemisia arctica 1 males and 34 ovip. No.10274- 9.VIII, 9– 10.viii.2012, Artemisia arctica , adults were reared from imm. transferred to plants in laboratory conditions. Etymology . New species is named in honor of the recently deceased great Czech aphidologist Jaroslav Holman. Description. Fundatrix. Body broadly oval, 1.7 times as long as its width. Appearance of living specimens similar to that of apterous viviparous females. Cleared specimens with dark brown apex of 3rd antennal segment, distal part of 4th segment, whole of 5th–6th segments, ultimate rostral segment, apices of tibiae and tarsi; with brown distal half of siphunculi and 3rd rostral segment; and with light brown head, 1st–3rd (except apices of 3rd) and basal half of 4th antennal segments, legs (except apices of tibiae and tarsi), basal halves of siphunculi, subgenital and anal plates and cauda. Metathorax and abdominal dorsum without any sclerotization. Marginal and spinal tubercles absent. Head with weak traces of epicranial coronal suture. Third antennal segment with 20 small secondary rhinaria located in slightly swollen basal half of segment. Setae on trochanters weakly capitate. Siphunculi with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.36–0.37 of length, without ...