Updated check-list of iberian-balearic Aphidini (Hemiptera, Aphididae)

Abstract

The check-list of species in the Tribe Aphidini (Hemiptera, Aphididae: Aphidinae) recorded to date from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Isles is presented, 139 species are listed. A list of the countries (Andorra, Spain and Portugal) and provinces (Spanish) or districts (Portuguese) where each species and subspecies is known is also included. Five species are mentioned for the first time in Iberian-Balearic territory: Aphis callunae Theobald, A. comosa (Börner), A. lantanae Koch (with the subspecies A. lantanae coriaria Börner), A. erigerontis Holman and Schizaphis longicaudata Hille Ris Lambers. Nine species have been removed from the check-list: Aphis euphorbiae Kaltenbach, A. genistae Scopoli, A. pilosellae (Börner), A. salsolae (Börner), A. striata Hille Ris Lambers, Brachyunguis zygophylli (Nevsky), B. suaedus (Paik), Protaphis centaurea (Gómez-Menor) and Schizaphis pilipes (Ossiannilsson). Aphis ruborum Börner & Schilder, 1931 is recognized as the valid name for Aphis ruborum Börner, 1932 syn. nov. and Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank) for Rhopalosiphum insertum (Walker). Two new combinations are established: Xerobion blascoi comb. nov. for Aphis blascoi García Prieto & Sanchís Segovia and Xerobion brutii comb. nov. for Absinthaphis brutii Barbagallo. Five binomens have been re-established: A. althaeae (Nevsky), A. ballotae Passerini, A. longirostris (Börner), A. ononidis (Schouteden) and A. picridis (Börner) to replace A. davletshinae Hille Ris Lambers, A. balloticola Szelegiewicz, A. longirostrata Hille Ris Lambers, A. kaltenbachi Hille Ris Lambers and A. stroyani Szelegiewicz, respectively. The life cycle of Aphis stachydis Mordvilko is given and its males and oviparous females are described. Taxonomic, faunistics and nomenclatural data of other taxa are also given.