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First Record of Uroleucon pseudoambrosiae (Olive) and Hyperomyzus pallidus Hille Ris Lambers (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from India with a Key to the Aphids Infesting Sonchus arvensis Linnaeus

Abstract

Uroleucon pseudoambrosiae (Olive) and Hyperomyzus pallidus Hille Ris Lambers (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are recorded for the first time from India on Sonchus arvensis (L.). Apterae of both these aphids were found congregating and sucking the sap from the sow thistle stem and both the surfaces of leaves. A key to identify the aphid species infesting S. arvensis and photographic illustrations of live and mounted apterous viviparous females, of all nine species of aphids infesting sow thistle in India, are provided

Rohini B Shashidharachar1*, Sunil Joshi2, Suchithra Kumari MH3

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