Melaphis rhois (Fitch 1866)
- Dataset
- Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Aphidomorpha
- family
- Aphididae
- genus
- Melaphis
- species
- Melaphis rhois
diagnosis
Diagnosis Diagnosis based on Pike et al. (2012). Resembling Pachypappella lactea but marginal wax gland plates on segments 1 – 6 in six longitudinal rows (in P. lactea in four rows on segments 3 – 6). Legs, antennae and rostrum short and stout; tarsi 1 - segmented, ant. normally 4 - segmented. RIV + V without pale subapical zone. Dioecious, alternating between leaf galls on Rhus glabra and R. hirta (syn. typhina, Anacardiaceae) and mosses (Bryophyta). In northern Europe anholocyclic on mosses. For detailed descriptions, see Pike et al. (2012). Recorded secondary hosts Brachytheciaceae: Eurhynchium striatum; Hypnaceae: Hyocomium armoricum, Hypnum; Polytrichaceae: Polytrichum commune; Sphagnaceae: Sphagnum.
distribution
Distribution S (if correctly identified: Heie’s (1980) fig. 243 based on material from Sweden is probably Pachypappella lactea).
Name
- Homonyms
- Melaphis rhois (Fitch 1866)