Six new species of Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Aphidinae) from China

Abstract

The genus Aspidophorodon Verma is presented including six new species from China namely Aspidophorodon capitatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon longicornutum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon reticulatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon furcatum Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon longirostre Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. and Aspidophorodon obtusirostre Qiao & Xu, sp. nov. Aspidophorodon cornuatum Qiao 2015, is considered as a junior synonym of Aspidophorodon longituberculatum (Zhang Zhong & Zhang 1992), syn. nov. Two species Aspidophorodon harvense Verma and Aspidophorodon indicum (David Rajasingh & Narayanan) are recorded for the first time in China. The genus is mainly distributed in East Asia and is represented by 15 species in the world of which 12 are found in China. Keys to the species of Aspidophorodon are given.