Revised concept of the fossil genus Oviparosiphum Shaposhnikov, 1979 with the description of a new genus (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphidomorpha)

Dagmara Żyła; Agnieszka Homan; Barbara Franielczyk; Piotr Wegierek

doi:10.3897/zookeys.483.8902

Revised concept of the fossil genus Oviparosiphum Shaposhnikov, 1979 with the description of a new genus (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphidomorpha)

Zookeys. 2015 Feb 19:(483):9-22. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.483.8902. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Dagmara Żyła¹, Agnieszka Homan², Barbara Franielczyk², Piotr Wegierek²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Natural History, Upper Silesian Museum, Plac Jana III Sobieskiego 2, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.
² Department of Zoology, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.

Abstract

This paper presents a revision of the aphid genus Oviparosiphum, which is known from the Cretaceous period. Redescriptions of two species: Oviparosiphumjakovlevi Shaposhnikov, 1979 and Oviparosiphumbaissense Shaposhnikov & Wegierek, 1989 are made, and an updated diagnosis of this genus is provided. Oviparosiphumbaissense is the type species of a newly described genus Archeoviparosiphum gen. n. Five other species of Oviparosiphum are also transferred to the new genus. The basis for their separation from Oviparosiphum is the structure of the siphunculi and ovipositor. A key is provided to the genera of Oviparosiphidae.

Keywords: Aphids; Archeoviparosiphum gen. n.; Cretaceous; Oviparosiphidae; fossils; morphology.