Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of ornamental plants from São Carlos, São Paulo state, Brazil.

Ana Lúcia B G Peronti, Carlos Roberto Sousa-Silva
Author Information
  1. Ana Lúcia B G Peronti: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, C.P. 676, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. palg@iris.ufscar.br

Abstract

A total of 25 aphid species were collected from 49 ornamental plant species in São Carlos-São Paulo, Brazil; 12 aphids were monophagous, four oligophagous and nine polyphagous. A total of 58 aphid-plant associations are recorded, 43 unknown from Brazil. Eucarazzia elegans (Ferrari, 1872) (Aphididae: Aphidinae: Macrosiphini) is recorded for the first time from Brazil, and Nectandra megapotamica Spreng. (Lauraceae) is recorded for the first time as host plant for Lizerius tuberculatus (E.E. Blanchard, 1939) (Drepanosiphidae: Drepanosiphinae: Lizeriini). We also describe the injuries caused by aphids to the ornamental plants.

MeSH Term

Animals
Aphids
Brazil
Host-Parasite Interactions
Plants

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