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11 February 2019 A New Species of Macrosiphum Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Mexico on the Introduced Plant Pittosporum undulatum Ventenat (Pittosporaceae)
Andrew S. Jensen, Rebeca Peña-Martinez, Ana Lilia Muñoz-Viveros, Jesse Rorabaugh
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Abstract

A new species of Macrosiphum is described from southern Mexico City, Mexico based on apterous and alate viviparous females and alate males. Macrosiphum tonantzin, n. sp., was found living year-round on Pittosporum undulatum (Pittosporaceae), a plant native to Australia and grown in Mexico as an ornamental. Relationships of this species to other Macrosiphum are discussed, as well as hypotheses about its possible geographic origin and life cycle.

Andrew S. Jensen, Rebeca Peña-Martinez, Ana Lilia Muñoz-Viveros, and Jesse Rorabaugh "A New Species of Macrosiphum Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Mexico on the Introduced Plant Pittosporum undulatum Ventenat (Pittosporaceae)," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 121(1), 39-53, (11 February 2019). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.121.1.39
Published: 11 February 2019
KEYWORDS
Aphidinae
aphids
Macrosiphini
Pittosporaceae
sweet pittosporum
taxonomy
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