Biology:Tuberculatus querciformosanus

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Short description: Species of aphid


Tuberculatus querciformosanus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Tuberculatus
Species:
T. querciformosanus
Binomial name
Tuberculatus querciformosanus
(Takahashi, 1921)

Tuberculatus querciformosanus is a species of aphid, first described in 1921 by Ryoichi Takahashi as Myzocallis querciformosanus.[1][2][3] It has been assigned to the subgenus, Orientuberculoides, within the genus, Tuberculatus.[1][4]

As the species epithet, querciformosanus, and the title of the original paper indicate, this species is found in Formosa (Taiwan), and (one of) its host species is an oak (Quercus).

It is also found in Korea.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10705870 entry