Volume 5, Issue 2 pp. 95-100
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A STUDY ON GENUS INDOMEGOURA (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AND NOTES ON NEW SPECIES*

Guangxue Zhang

Guangxue Zhang

Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100080, China

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Gexia Qiao

Gexia Qiao

Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100080, China

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*This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Abstract

Abstract The genus Indomegoura Hille Ris Lambers, 1958 was inveatigated in this paper. One new species I. crassirostra Qiao and Zhang was described. Based on the study of all four known species (including the new species above), a key to species was given. According to the geographical distribution of the genus and phytogeographical of host plants, the recent differentiation center of this genus could be located in Center China sub-region, Oriental Realm. All the specimens examined are deposited in Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica.

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