• Title of article

    New Additions to Pakistan’s Aphididae (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) Damaging Rosa Species

  • Author/Authors

    amin, muhammad balochistan agriculture college - department of entomology, Pakistan , mahmood, khalid university of poonch - faculty of agriculture - department of entomology, Pakistan , bodlah, imran pmas-arid agriculture university - department of entomology, Pakistan , khan, muhammad rahim university of poonch - faculty of agriculture - department of entomology, Pakistan

  • From page
    511
  • To page
    518
  • Abstract
    Twelve aphid species, inclusive of 6 new records to Pakistan’s aphidofauna, were found infesting Rosa species in study conducted during 2015-2016 in Poonch division of Azad Jammu and Kashmir-Pakistan. Chaetosiphon (Pentarichopus) fragaefolii (Cockerell), Chaetosiphon (Pentarichopus) thomasi Hille Ris Lambers, Chaetosiphon (Pentarichopus) tetrarhodum (Walker), Metopolophium montanum Hille Ris Lambers, Myzaphis rosarum (Kaltenbach) and Myzaphis turanica Nevsky are new records for the country. New locality records are presented, in the country, for Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus) Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), Rhodobium porosum (Sanderson), Myzaphus bucktoni Jacob and Wahlgreneilla nervata (Gillete) on Rosa species. Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) was recorded on new host plant, Rosa species, in Pakistan. Distinguishing characters, morphometric data, biology and distribution of the studied species are provided herewith.
  • Keywords
    Chaetosiphon , Myzaphis , Rosa species , Poonch division , Kashmir , Pakistan
  • Journal title
    Sarhad Journal of Agriculture
  • Journal title
    Sarhad Journal of Agriculture
  • Record number

    2663796