Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries: Homoptera: Aphidoidea, Part 2 Subfamily Lachninae

About this book

Fauna of India: Homoptera: Aphidoidea, Part 1, dealing with a general introduction to the group and the subfamily Chaitophorinae, was published in June, 1980. This important group of insects, most well-known for their role as plant-virus vectors. has two families, Aphididae and Adelgidae; the current volume deals with the second subfamily i.e., Lachninae, out of the eight subfamilies of Aphididae. Lachnids are world wide in distribution and largely inhabit vegetation of temperate region and are regarded as one of the major forest pests especially on conifers. In this volume. as in the previous, the author, Dr. A. K. Ghosh, one of the eminent aphidologists of the country, has dealt extensively with all the species of subfamily Lachninae so far known from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka; the information includes detailed descriptions, keys, geographical distribution, natural enemies, association with ants, and the host-plants of the species.

Contents

Abbreviations
Introduction
Subfamily Lachninae.

I. Tribe Cinarini
Genus 1. Cinara Curtis:
1. atroalbipes David, Narayanan and Rajasingh
2. atrotibialis David and Rajasingh
3. chaetorostrata L.K. Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
4. comata Doncaster
5. confinis (Koch)
6. confinis tenuipes Chakrabarti and A.K. Ghosh
7. eastopi Pintera
8 .indica Verma
9. lachnirostris Hille Ris Lambers
10. maculipes Hille Ris Lambers
11. pilicornis (Hartig)
12. similis (van der Goot)
13. tuja filina (Del Guercio)

Genus 2. Indocinara A.K. Ghosh, Basu and Raychaudhuri
14. hottesis A.K. Ghosh, Basu and Raychaudhuri

Genus 3. Eulachnus Del Guercio
15. pumilae Inouye
16. thunbergii Wilson

Genus 4. Pseudessigella Hille Ris Lambers
17. brachychaeta Hille Ris Lambers

Genus 5. Schizolachnus Mordvilko
18. orientalis (Takahashi)

II. Tribe Lachnini
Genus 6. Lachnus Burmeister
19. acutihirsutus Kumar and Burkhardt
20. longirostrum David and A.K. Ghosh sp. nov
21. tropicalis (van der Goot)
22. longisetosus sp. nov

Genus 7. Longistigma Wilson
23. liquidambarus Takahashi

Genus 8. Maculolachnus Gaumont
24. rubi A.K. Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
25. submacula (Walker)

Genus 9. Nippolachnus Matsumura
26. bengalensis Basu and Hille Ris Lambers
27. himalayensis (van der Goot)
28. piri Matsumura

Genus 10. Pterochloroides Mordvilko
29. parsicae (Cholodkovsky)

Genus 11. Pyrolachnus Basu and Hille Ris Lambers
30. imbricatus David, Narayanan and Rajasingh
31. pyri (Buckton)

Genus 12. Stomaphis Walker
32. mordwilkoi Gille Ris Lambers

Genus 13. Tuberolachnus Mordvilko
33. salignus (Gmelin)
34. scleratus Hille Ris Lambers and Basu

III. Tribe Tramini
Genus 14. Protrama Baker
35. longitarsus sclerodensus Kumar
36. penecaeca Stroyan

Host Plants of Lachninae
References
Index to genera and species
Plates

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