European Journal of Entomology

      ISSN 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online)

Eur. J. Entomol. 1998, 95(2): 239-250  

Morphometric analysis of European species of the genus Aphis (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) inhabiting Ribes

RAKAUSKAS R.

A review of the literary data on the life cycles and host plant relationships of Aphis grossulariae Kaltenbach, A. schneideri (Börner) and A. triglochinis Theobald is presented. Morphometric analysis of the three species revealed insufficient discriminative value of the majority of characters commonly used in the keys. A modified key to fundatrices, apterous and alate viviparous females, gynoparous and oviparous females and males is presented.

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Keywords
Aphididae, Aphis grossulariae, A. schneideri, A. triglochinis, morphometry, systematics, currant aphids

accepted: Aug 9th, 1997    published: May 20th, 1998    URL: http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=400


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