First record of the aphid genus Jacksonia Theobald (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China, with description of one new species

Xing-Yi Li; Bin Zhang; Xiao-Mei Su; Ge-Xia Qiao

doi:10.3897/zookeys.312.5506

First record of the aphid genus Jacksonia Theobald (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China, with description of one new species

Zookeys. 2013 Jun 26:(312):79-87. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.312.5506. Print 2013.

Authors

Xing-Yi Li¹, Bin Zhang, Xiao-Mei Su, Ge-Xia Qiao

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R.China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, P.R.China.

Abstract

The aphid genus Jacksonia Theobald is reported in China for the first time, from Shaanxi, with the description of a new species, Jacksonia gibbera Qiao, Li, Zhang & Su, sp. n., found on an unidentified plant belonging to the Leguminosae/Fabaceae. A key to species of Jacksonia is provided.

Keywords: Aphididae; China; Jacksonia; new record genus; new species.