First results of the study of obligatorily myrmecophilous aphids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) of south-eastern Belarus

Abstract

Five species of obligatorily myrmecophilous aphids of two subfamilies were found in south-eastern Belarus during studies conducted in 2018–2020. The species Stomaphis quercus (L., 1758) is new for the Belarus aphid fauna. The vast majority of aphids in this group are holocyclic dendrophilous species. Only one species of herbophilous aphid Paracletus cimiciformis von Heyden, 1837 in Belarus is represented by an anholocyclic clone.

Keywords

• species diversity
• biotope allocation
• distribution
• synonymy