Contributions to the ibero-balear aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from photos (and their metadata) deposited in the “Banco Taxonómico Faunístico Digital de los Invertebrados Ibéricos” (B.T.D.I.I.)

Abstract

In the context of the “Fauna Ibérica Project” we analyzed: 1) the trustworthiness in the identification from pictures of aphids deposited in the “Banco Taxonómico Faunístico Digital de los Invertebrados Ibéricos (B.T.F.D.I.I.)”, 2) the utility of the faunistic information and the host plant-aphid relations; and 3) the possible slants in relation to the species photographed. 443 pictures of aphids realized for 53 photographers and deposited in the BT.F.D.I.I until April 2009 have been checked and the identification has been realized exclusively “online”. 277 (the 62.5%) have been identified until species and 166 (the 37.5%) until genera o family. In total 65 species have been identified and 28 species increased its known distribution area in the Iberian Peninsula. Moreover, six new host-plant-aphid relations have been established. The mayor pictures are making to polyphagous and common species, to species that present loud colorations and/or great size and to species that induced malformations (galls or pseudogalls) in its hosts.