cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Rhopalothrix andersoni Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Longino, John T.
name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Year: 2013
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Rhopalothrix andersoni

description: Rhopalothrix andersoni Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
(Figs 1 A, 2B, 3F, 5, 16)
Type material. Holotype, worker: HONDURAS, Olancho: 9 km N Catacamas, 14.93512 -85.90739 ± 20 m, 1350 m, 11 May 2010, tropical montane forest, ex sifted leaf litter (R.S.Anderson#2010-025) [CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0629582]. Paratype (worker): same data, but 14.93849 -85.90665 ± 20 m, 1440 m, 10 May 2010, mixed hardwood forest, ex sifted leaf litter (R.S.Anderson#2010-022) [JTLC, CASENT0629580].
Geographic range. Honduras.
Diagnosis. Anterior labral lobe bilobed, with lateral lobule longer than medial lobule; masticatory margin of mandible with three teeth; squamiform setae of first gastral tergite abundant, short, 2 × longer than wide; HW 0.63–0.70.
Description. Worker. HW 0.63–0.70 (n=3); mandible with three teeth on masticatory margin, second tooth from base largest; subapical tooth with distinct reclinate denticle at base; subapical tooth about 3 × as long as apical tooth; intercalary teeth distinct, one closest to apical tooth about half as long as apical tooth; labrum trapezoidal, anterior margin bilobed, lateral lobule triangular, longer than medial lobule, medial lobules rounded, flanking semicircular median notch; arcuate promesonotal groove and metanotal groove distinctly impressed; propodeal tooth large, acute, infradental lamella wide and forming a secondary convex lobe below tooth; squamiform setae abundant on first gastral tergite, uniformly covering entire tergite; gastral setae relatively short, 2 × longer than wide, tapering evenly from apex to base.
The queen and male are unknown.
Biology. This species occurs in cloud forest, from 1300–1440 m elevation. It is known from two montane sites: Sierra de Agalta in eastern Honduras, where it is sympatric with R. therion, and Cusuco National Park in northwestern Honduras. The three known specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter.
Etymology. Referring to Robert S. Anderson, coleopterist extraordinaire.
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on pages 308-309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix atitlanica Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Longino, John T.
name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix atitlanica

description: Rhopalothrix atitlanica Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
(Figs 1 B, 2B, 3E, 7, 16)
Type material. Holotype, worker: GUATEMALA, Suchitepéquez: 5 km S Volcán Atitlán, 14.54074 -91.18815 ± 35 m, 1400 m, 18 Jun 2009, cloud forest, ex sifted leaf litter (LLAMA#Wm-B- 09-2-07) [CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0611854]. Paratypes (workers): same data as holotype but 5.5 km S Volcán Atitlán, 14.52857 - 91.19569 ± 200 m, 1070 m, 18 Jun 2009, riparian forest, ex sifted leaf litter (LLAMA#Wm-B- 09-2-08) [USNM, CASENT0629577; MCZC, CASENT0629578].
Geographic range. Guatemala.
Diagnosis. Anterior labral lobe bilobed or bidentate on each side of medial notch, with lateral lobule longer than medial lobule; masticatory margin of mandible with two teeth; squamiform setae of first gastral tergite abundant, short, 2 × longer than wide; HW 0.49–0.51.
Description. Worker. HW 0.49–0.51 (n=3); mandible with two teeth on masticatory margin, second tooth from base largest; subapical tooth with minute reclinate denticle at base; subapical tooth about twice as long as apical tooth; intercalary teeth distinct, one closest to apical tooth about half as long as apical tooth; labrum trapezoidal, anterior margin bilobed or bidentate on each side of medial notch, lateral lobule triangular, longer than medial lobule, medial lobules rounded, flanking semicircular median notch; arcuate promesonotal groove and metanotal groove moderately impressed; propodeal tooth right angled, infradental lamella evenly and shallowly concave; squamiform setae abundant on first gastral tergite, uniformly covering entire tergite; gastral setae relatively short, 2 × longer than wide, tapering evenly from apex to base.
The queen and male are unknown.
Biology. This species occurs in cloud forest, from 1050–1400 m elevation. It is known only from the slopes of Volcán Atitlán, where it is sympatric with R. isthmica. At the type locality it seemed to occur just below the zone of high abundance of R. isthmica, at the lower edge of the cloud forest and at the transition to extensive coffee plantations at lower elevations. The six known specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter.
Etymology. Referring to the type locality.
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on page 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix ciliata Mayr 1870
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name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix ciliata

description: Rhopalothrix ciliata Mayr, 1870
Rhopalothrix ciliata Mayr, 1870: 415. Lectotype, worker: Colombia, Santa F de Bogot [NMW] (not examined).
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix diadema Brown & Kempf 1960
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Rhopalothrix diadema

description: Rhopalothrix diadema Brown & Kempf, 1960
Rhopalothrix diadema Brown & Kempf, 1960: 239, fig. 59. Holotype, worker: New Guinea, lower Busu River, near Lae, lowland rainforest (E. O. Wilson, no. 1052) [MCZC] (not examined).
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix isthmica Weber 1941
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name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix isthmica

description: Rhopalothrix isthmica (Weber, 1941)
(Figs 1 A, 2C, 3D, 8, 16)
Geographic range. Panama, Honduras, Guatemala.
Description. Worker. HW 0.58–0.68 (n=13); mandible with three teeth on masticatory margin, middle tooth largest; subapical tooth with distinct reclinate denticle at base; subapical tooth about twice as long as apical tooth; intercalary teeth prominent, one closest to apical tooth about half as long as apical tooth; labrum trapezoidal, anterior lobes triangular, inner margins of lobes shallowly sloping to semicircular median notch; propodeal tooth acute to right-angled, infradental lamella evenly and shallowly concave; squamiform setae abundant on first gastral tergite, either uniformly covering entire tergite or covering varying extent of posterior portion, at least posterior half with abundant setae.
The queen and male are unknown.
Biology. This species occurs in moderately seasonal to aseasonal wet forest, from sea level to 2000 m elevation. All recent specimens are from Winkler or Berlese samples of sifted leaf litter. It is rare for ant species to occur across such a broad elevational spectrum, and given the considerable variability in setal pattern and wide geographic range, it may comprise multiple allopatric populations with unknown degrees of genetic divergence. In Honduras it was a rare cloud forest species at Comayagua and La Muralla and a rare lowland species along the north Caribbean coast. At La Union, in the mountains southeast of Zacapa, Guatemala, it was a rare species sympatric with the much more abundant R. megisthmica. In cloud forest on the slopes of Volcán Atitlán in western Guatemala it was abundant—occurring in 29 of 100 miniWinkler samples—and sympatric with the smaller R. atitlanica.
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on pages 311-312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix kusnezovi Brown & Kempf 1960
Creators: name: Longino, John T.
name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix kusnezovi

description: Rhopalothrix kusnezovi Brown & Kempf, 1960
Rhopalothrix kusnezovi Brown & Kempf, 1960: 238, fig. 60. Holotype, queen: Argentina, Tucumán (N. Kusnezov, no. 10068) [IFML] (not examined).
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix megisthmica Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Longino, John T.
name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix megisthmica

description: Rhopalothrix megisthmica Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
(Figs 1 B, 2C, 3F, 9, 16)
Type material. Holotype, worker. Guatemala, Zacapa: 2 km SE La Union, 14.94460 −89.27726 ± 57 m, 1550 m, 12 May 2009, cloud forest, ex sifted leaf litter (LLAMA Wm-B- 03-1-05) [CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0612564]. Paratypes (workers): same data as holotype but 14.94665 -89.27593 ± 50 m (LLAMA#Wa-B- 03-1-04) [USNM, CASENT0614540]; 14.94677 -89.27585 ± 50 m (LLAMA#Wa-B- 03-1-07) [MCZC, CASENT0614546]; 14.94723 -89.27707 ± 50 m (LLAMA#Wa-B- 03-1-45) [UNAM, CASENT0612503]; 14.95372 -89.27618 ± 50 m, 1430 m (LLAMA#Wa-B- 03-2-31) [UVGC, CASENT0629572; ECOSCE, CASENT0629573]; 3.5 km SE La Union, 14.95 -89.27 (unknown error), 1500 m, 4 Jun 1991 (R.S. Anderson# RSA 91-050) [LACM, CASENT0603567; EAPZ, CASENT0603699].
Geographic range. Guatemala, Mexico.
Diagnosis. Differing from R. isthmica in larger size (HW> 0.73 versus <0.69), and with propodeal tooth larger and more acute.
Description. Worker. HW 0.73–0.83 (n=12); mandible with two or three teeth on masticatory margin (can vary within individuals, with two teeth on one mandible and three teeth on the other), second tooth from base largest; subapical tooth with distinct reclinate denticle at base; subapical tooth about twice as long as apical tooth; intercalary teeth prominent, one closest to apical tooth about half as long as apical tooth; labrum trapezoidal, anterior lobes triangular, inner margins of lobes shallowly sloping to semicircular median notch; metanotal groove moderately to strongly impressed; propodeal tooth usually large and acute (shorter and obtuse on one specimen), infradental lamella evenly and shallowly concave; squamiform setae abundant on first gastral tergite, either uniformly covering entire tergite or covering at least 3/4 of posterior portion.
The queen and male are unknown.
Biology. This species occurs in cloud forest habitats, from 1400–2000 m elevation. All specimens are from Winkler or Berlese samples of sifted leaf litter. It is sympatric with R. isthmica at the type locality and with R. triumphalis on the slopes of Volcán Tacaná in Chiapas. At the type locality it was moderately abundant, occurring in 24 of 100 miniWinkler samples.
Etymology. Referring to its similarity to R. isthmica, differing mainly in larger size.
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on pages 313-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix orbis Taylor 1968
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name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix orbis

description: Rhopalothrix orbis Taylor, 1968
Rhopalothrix orbis Taylor, 1968: 336, figs. 1–3. Holotype, worker: Australia, Queensland: Tamborine Mountains, north side near Curtis Falls, Berlese funnel sample, leafmould, rainforest, 8.v.1953 (T. E. Woodward) [ANIC] (not examined).
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix plaumanni Brown & Kempf 1960
Creators: name: Longino, John T.
name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix plaumanni

description: Rhopalothrix plaumanni Brown & Kempf, 1960
Rhopalothrix plaumanni Brown & Kempf, 1960: 235, fig. 58. Holotype, worker: Brazil, Santa Catarina: Nova Teutônia (F. Plaumann) [MZSP, paratype worker at MCZC] (not examined).
Rhopalothrix acutipilis Kempf, 1962: 28, fig. 28. Holotype, queen: Brazil, Santa Catarina: Nova Teutônia, V-1960 (F. Plaumann) (not examined). New Synonymy.
Comments. In this study queens were associated with workers for three Central American species. The queens differed from the workers in pilosity and the shape of the face. The queens bore numerous short bristles, which are lacking on the workers, and the worker faces had much stronger grooves and gibbosities. The characteristics of the mandible and labrum were shared between queens and workers. Examination of the figures for R. plaumanni and R. acutipilis, the types of which are from the same locality and by the same collector, suggest that R. acutipilis is the queen of R. plaumanni.
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix stannardi Brown & Kempf 1960
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Rhopalothrix stannardi

description: Rhopalothrix stannardi Brown & Kempf, 1960
(Figs 1 C, 2F, 3D, 11, 16)
Rhopalothrix stannardi Brown & Kempf, 1960: 236, fig. 57. Holotype, worker: Mexico, Chiapas: Ocosingo Valley, Finca el Real, 1–7 July 1950 (C. and M. Goodnight and L.J. Stannard) [MCZC] (not examined).
Geographic range. Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala.
Description. Worker. HW 0.53–0.59 (n=5); mandible with three widely spaced denticles on masticatory margin, middle denticle largest; subapical tooth with minute reclinate denticle at base; subapical tooth about twice as long as apical tooth; intercalary teeth prominent, one closest to apical tooth about half as long as apical tooth; labrum subrectangular, outer margins diverging anteriorly, anterior margin very shallowly and evenly concave, with minute notch medially; posterior margin of clypeus elevated above anterior face; arcuate grooves and ridges of face very shallow; mesosomal dorsum evenly and shallowly convex in profile, metanotal groove not or very weakly impressed; propodeal tooth obtuse to right angled, infradental lamella broad and descending almost perpendicularly from tooth; about 12 squamiform setae on posterior half of first gastral tergite.
The queen and male are unknown.
Biology. Recent collections of this species are from lowland wet to moist forest habitat, from 70–270 m elevation. The type is apparently from a somewhat higher site near Ocosingo. All recent specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter. In quantitative sampling carried out during Project LLAMA, this species occurred in 4 of 100 miniWinkler samples at a lowland Chiapas site and in 7 of 100 samples from in and near Tikal National Park in Guatemala.
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on pages 315-316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Rhopalothrix therion Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Longino, John T.
name: Boudinot, Brendon E.
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Rhopalothrix therion

description: Rhopalothrix therion Longino & Boudinot, sp. nov.
(Figs 1 A, 2A, 3E, 13, 16)
Type material. Holotype worker: HONDURAS, Olancho: 9 km N Catacamas, 14.93693 -85.90535 ± 20 m, 1360 m, 10 May 2010, mixed hardwood forest, ex sifted leaf litter (R.S.Anderson#2010-020) [CAS, unique specimen identifier CASENT0616292]. Paratypes (workers): same data as holotype [USNM, CASENT0616286]; same data but 14.93465 -85.90662 ± 20 m, 1330m, 12 May 2010, Liquidambar -hardwood forest, ex sifted leaf litter (R.S.Anderson#2010-026) [MCZC, CASENT0629584; INBio, CASENT0629585].
Geographic range. Costa Rica to Honduras.
Diagnosis. Labrum broader than long, anterior margin bilobed on each side of medial notch, lateral lobule rounded and the same length as or shorter than medial lobule; first gastral tergite with abundant, short, strongly spatulate squamiform setae uniformly covering surface.
Description. Worker. HW 0.66–0.80 (n=6); mandible with two or three teeth on masticatory margin (can vary within individuals, with two teeth on one mandible and three teeth on the other), second tooth from base largest; subapical tooth with distinct reclinate denticle at base; subapical tooth about twice as long as apical tooth; intercalary teeth prominent, one closest to apical tooth about half as long as apical tooth; labrum trapezoidal, wider than long, anterior margin bilobed on each side of medial notch, lateral lobule rounded and the same length as or shorter than medial lobule; arcuate promesonotal groove and metanotal groove strongly impressed; propodeal tooth large, triangular, right-angled to acute, infradental lamella broad beneath tooth, narrowing ventrally; first gastral tergite with abundant, short, strongly spatulate squamiform setae uniformly covering surface.
The queen and male are unknown.
Biology. This species occurs in rain forest and cloud forest habitats, from 550–1420 m elevation. All specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter. At three cloud forest sites in Nicaragua it occurred in 5–10% of 100 miniWinkler samples. In Costa Rica, it is known from one collection near Turrialba, a site on the Atlantic slope of the Cordillera Volcánica Central, yet is unknown from the intensively sampled Barva Transect a short distance away.
Etymology. Referring to the fierce habitus and to the deep furrows and rugosities on the face and mesosoma.
description: Published as part of Longino, John T. & Boudinot, Brendon E., 2013, New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 3616 (4) on page 318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/220287
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) kenyaensis Stekolnikov 2023, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
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Year: 2023
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Afrotrombicula kenyaensis

description: Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) kenyaensis (Goff, 1995), comb. nov.
Neotrombicula kenyaensis Goff, 1995: 12, fig. 1; Stekolnikov 2018: 180.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-8-6-6-4-4-2; DS = 38; V = 46; NDV = 84; posterior scutal margin rounded; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 behind S 2; Ip = 817–841 (after Goff 1995). Standard measurements are in Table 1.
Type deposition. Holotype in USNM; paratypes in USNM and BPBM, according to the original description (Goff 1995). However, no material on this species was included in the recently published catalogue of the USNM collection, which currently incorporates the chigger collection of BPBM (Bassini-Silva et al. 2021).
Distribution and host. Described from Kenya (Sheldrick Falls), ex Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy (Primates: Galagidae).
Remarks. There are no evident differences between this species and the previous one, A. claviglia, except for the numbers of dorsal and ventral idiosomal setae (DS = 38 vs. 42 in A. claviglia; V = 46 vs. 36), NDV (84 vs.78), and the arrangement of dorsal idiosomal setae (fD = 2H-6-8-6-6-4-4-2 vs. 2H-6-8-8-8-8-2). However, Goff (1995) has not provided drawings of idiosoma; in addition, no data on variability of fD are available for both species. Therefore, significance of the latter character is unclear. Possibly, after examination of new materials, A. kenyaensis could appear a synonym of A. claviglia.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) nicolei Stekolnikov 2023, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
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Year: 2023
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Afrotrombicula nicolei

description: Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) nicolei (Taufflieb, 1958), comb. nov.
(Figs. 5, 6)
Neotrombicula nicolei Taufflieb, 1958: 418, fig. 2; Stekolnikov 2018: 181.
Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) nicolei: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965: 71.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL (PL> AL> AM); fD = 2H-6-6-6(5)+(22– 27); DS = 38–46; V = 52–64; NDV = 90–110; palpal femur, genu, and tibia with multiple puncta; palpal femoral seta heavily branched, palpal genual seta with few short branches; shape of scutum between pentagonal and hexagonal; scutal puncta dense and small; posterior scutal margin prominent, rounded, almost straight in center; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 at level of S 2; Ip = 1066–1147. Standard measurements are given in Table 2.
Note. *—after Taufflieb (1958); **—after Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1981).
Type deposition. Holotype (60B 1) and one paratype (60B 2) in MNHN; one paratype in MHNG; one paratype was in the collection of Abonnenc; three paratypes were in the collection of Taufflieb.
Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Congo (vicinities of Brazzaville), ex ears of Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall), Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck), and Oenomys hypoxanthus (Pucheran) (Rodentia: Muridae).
Type material examined. Holotype (MNHN 60 B 1) ex Oenomys hypoxanthus, B/ville (Brazzaville)-[19]56.
Additional material examined. One topotypic specimen (MHNG), 2046-2, ex Dasymys incomtus, Gango Luigolo (obviously, Gangalingolo = Nganga Lingolo, 4°19′43″ S, 15°09′24″ E), Congo-[19]62, from Taufflieb.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 34-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) vanbreei Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean 1981
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
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Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Afrotrombicula vanbreei

description: Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) vanbreei Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1981
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) vanbreei Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1981: 418, figs. 8–13.
Afrotrombicula vanbreei: Stekolnikov 2018: 124.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-2-6-6-4-2; DS = 34; V = 42; NDV = 76; posterior scutal margin biconvex; f 1 at level of S 1, f 2 at level of S 2; Ip = 830. Standard measurements are in Table 3.
Type deposition. Holotype in SMF (pA.10.1980.1).
Distribution and hosts. This species was described from a single specimen collected ex Atherurus africanus Gray (Rodentia: Hystricidae) in Gabon (Makokou).
Remarks. Afrotrombicula vanbreei is similar to A. rickenbachi and differs from it in the length of S 1 = 21 (overpass the base of subterminala) vs. 14–15 (not reaching the base of subterminala) and by the position of f 1 at the level of S 1 vs. distal to S 1.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) zairiensis Stekolnikov 2023, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
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Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Trombiculidae
Afrotrombicula
Afrotrombicula zairiensis

description: Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) zairiensis (Taufflieb, 1966), comb. nov.
(Figs. 11, 12)
Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) zairiensis Taufflieb, 1966: 296, fig. 1; Taufflieb et al. 1967: 119.
Neotrombicula zairiensis: Stekolnikov 2018: 183.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AL> AM (PL> AM> AL); fD = 2H-6-6-4-4-4-2(3), anterior rows also can be counted as 6-6-2-6; DS = 28–30; V = 38–46; NDV = 68–75; palpal femur and genu with puncta; scutum nearly hexagonal, with dense small puncta; posterior scutal margin prominent, straight in center and obliquely cut at edges; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 behind S 2; Ip = 946–968. Standard measurements are in Table 4.
Type deposition. Holotype (58H 13) and three paratypes (58G 1, 2; 58H 15) in MNHN; two paratypes in
RMCA (128388); two paratypes were deposited in the personal collection of Taufflieb.
Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Congo (Ile M’Bamou) ex Praomys tullbergi (Thomas) (Rodentia: Muridae). In addition, Taufflieb (1966) reported it from another locality of Congo (Pointe-Noire) ex Crocidura sp. (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae); from Cameroon (Mbalmayo) ex Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin) (Aves: Accipitriformes); from Angola (Dundo) ex Praomys morio (Trouessart); from the Central African Republic (Bangui) ex Rattus rattus; and from the Central African Republic (Boukoko) ex Praomys sp. and Lophuromys sikapusi.
Type material examined. Holotype (MNHN 58 H 13) ex Praomys tullbergi, Ile N’Bamou (Ile M’Bamou); one paratype (MNHN 58 H 15) with same data.
Note. *—after Taufflieb (1966); **—after Goff (1995); #—after Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1981).
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 42-43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) centrafricana Stekolnikov 2023, comb. nov.
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Arthropoda
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Trombidiformes
Trombiculidae
Afrotrombicula
Afrotrombicula centrafricana

description: Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) centrafricana (Goff, 1995), comb. nov.
Neotrombicula centrafricana Goff, 1995: 14, fig. 2; Stekolnikov 2018: 179.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-6-4-4-2; DS = 30; V = 36; NDV = 66; posterior scutal margin biconvex; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 behind S 2; Ip = 887–905 (after Goff 1995). Standard measurements are in Table 4.
Type deposition. Holotype in USNM; paratypes in USNM and BPBM, according to the original description
(Goff 1995). However, no material on this species was included in the recently published catalogue of the USNM collection, which currently incorporates the chigger collection of BPBM (Bassini-Silva et al. 2021).
Distribution and host. This species was described from an unknown locality of Central Africa ex Allenopithecus nigroviridis (Pocock) (Primates: Cercopithecidae). Stekolnikov (2018) noted that distribution of this host is restricted to NW DR Congo and NE Angola (Wilson & Reeder 2005).
Remarks. Afrotrombicula centrafricana is very similar to A. zairiensis and differs from it in the posterior scutal margin slightly concave in the central part vs. straight, and fD = 2H-6-6-6-4-4-2 vs. 2H-6-6-4-4-4-2(3). Possibly, after examination of extensive materials, A. centrafricana could be synonymized with A. zairiensis.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) gabonica Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean 1981
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Trombidiformes
Trombiculidae
Afrotrombicula
Afrotrombicula gabonica

description: Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) gabonica Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1981
Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) gabonica Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1981: 415, figs. 1–7.
Afrotrombicula gabonica: Stekolnikov 2018: 121.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NbB; PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-2-6-6-4-2; DS = 34; V = 42; NDV = 76; posterior scutal margin biconvex; f 1 distal to S 1; f 2 behind S 2; Ip = 888–900 (after Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1981). Standard measurements are in Table 4.
Type deposition. Holotype in SMF (pA.1.1980.1); 13 paratypes in NMNHS.
Distribution and host. Described from Gabon (Makokou) ex Atherurus africanus (Rodentia: Hystricidae).
Remarks. Afrotrombicula gabonica differs from all other Afrotrombicula species (except for A. quadriscutala) in the presence of one branch in lateral palpal tibial seta (fPp = B/B/NbB vs. B/B/NNB). It is similar to A. zairiensis and A. centrafricana, but differs, in addition to fPp, in the position of f 1 distal to S 1 vs. at the level of S 1.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) liberia Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean 1978
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Afrotrombicula
Afrotrombicula liberia

description: Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) liberia Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1978
Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) liberia Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1978: 106, pl. 2.
Afrotrombicula liberia: Stekolnikov 2018: 122.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-6-6-4-2; DS = 32; V = 52; NDV = 84; scutum nearly pentagonal, posterior scutal margin prominent, rounded; f 1 distal to S 1; f 2 behind S 2; Ip = 838–842. Standard measurements are in Table 5.
Type deposition. Holotype (original number L: 161070/N1) and nine paratypes in ZMUH; eight paratypes in NMNHS.
Distribution and host. Described from Liberia (Njebele) ex Lophuromys sikapusi (Rodentia: Muridae).
Remarks. Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1978) definitely placed this species in their new genus and subgenus Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula); however, they used, by mistake, the combination “ Neotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) liberia ”.
Afrotrombicula liberia is similar to A. machadoi and differs from it in shorter legs (Ip = 838–842 vs. 923–997), the position of f 1 distal to S 1 vs. proximal to S 1, and some measurements of scutum (AW = 59 vs. 49–51 and AP = 28 vs. 30–36). Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1978) also noted that A. liberia differs from A. lophuromyia (here synonymized with A. machadoi) in smaller pores (puncta) of the scutum.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae
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Trombiculidae
Afrotrombicula
Afrotrombicula nyongae

description: Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae (Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1959)
(Figs. 15, 16)
Trombicula nyongae Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1959: 231, pl. 2; Zumpt 1961: 138.
Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) nyongae: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965: 71.
Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae: Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean 1978: 108, pl. 3.
Afrotrombicula nyongae: Stekolnikov 2018: 123.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM>AL; fD = 2H-6-6-6-6(5)-4(5)-2(5); DS = 32–35; V = 48–54; NDV = 83–86; palpal femur with sparse puncta; scutal and idiosomal setae heavily barbed; branches of gnathosomal setae very long; scutum small, nearly pentagonal, with sparse puncta; posterior scutal margin weakly prominent, arquate; f 1 behind S 1; f 2 proximal to S 2; Ip = 894. Standard measurements are given in Table 6.
Note. *—after Taufflieb & Mouchet (1959); **—after Taufflieb (1966).
Type deposition. Holotype (60F 2) and five paratypes (60F 1, 3; 60G 14, 15, 16) in MNHN.
Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Cameroon (Yaoundé) ex Praomys tullbergi, Lophuromys sp., and Grammomys sp. (syn. Thamnomys sp.) (Rodentia: Muridae). Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1978) briefly reported its presence in Angola (Dundo) on “insectivores (Potamogale) and bats”. The source of this information remains unclear.
Type material examined. Holotype (MNHN 60 F 2) ex Praomys tullbergi, Cameroun-[19]55.
Remarks. Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1978) placed this species in Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula), but erroneously used the combination “ Neotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae ”.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) sciuri
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Afrotrombicula
Afrotrombicula sciuri

description: Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) sciuri (Taufflieb, 1966)
(Figs. 17, 18)
Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) sciuri Taufflieb, 1966: 299, fig. 2.
Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) sciuri: Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean 1978: 129.
Afrotrombicula sciuri: Stekolnikov 2018: 124.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-4-4-5-4-2, anterior rows also can be counted as 6-6-2-6; DS = 33–34; V = 46–47; NDV = 80–87; scutal and idiosomal setae with well-developed barbs; palpal femur with puncta; palpal femoral seta heavily barbed; palpal genual seta with few branches; scutum nearly pentagonal, with moderate puncta; posterior scutal margin moderately prominent, evenly arquate; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 behind S 2; Ip = 979–1012. Standard measurements are in Table 6.
Type deposition. Holotype (58H 7) and five paratypes (58H 8–12) in MNHN; two paratypes in MRAC (128389); three paratypes were stored in the personal collection of Taufflieb.
Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Cameroon (Yaoundé) ex Funisciurus isabella (Gray) (Rodentia: Sciuridae).
Type material examined. Paratype (MNHN 58 H 11) ex Funisciurus isabella, Cameroun-[19]55.
Remarks. Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1978) definitely placed this species in Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula), but erroneously used the combination “ Neotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) sciuri ”.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 50-51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Afrotrombicula (Machadella) quadriscutala
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Trombidiformes
Trombiculidae
Afrotrombicula
Afrotrombicula quadriscutala

description: Afrotrombicula (Machadella) quadriscutala (Taufflieb, 1965)
Machadella quadriscutala Taufflieb, 1965a: 23, fig. 1.
Afrotrombicula (Machadella) quadriscutala: Vercammen-Grandjean & Kolebinova 1985: 76.
Afrotrombicula quadriscutala: Stekolnikov 2018: 124.
Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NbB; PL> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-6; DS = 20; V = 24; NDV = 43–48; scutum nearly trapezoidal, much wider than long, posterior scutal margin moderately prominent, rounded; two AL and two PL setae, AM absent; flagelliform sensilla with 4–5 short cilia; f 1 distal to S 1; f 2 proximal to S 2; Ip = 1031 (after Taufflieb, 1965a).
Standard measurements. AW 84, PW 114, SB 36, ASB 30, PSB 41, SD 71, AP 41, AL 65, PL 88, H 101, D min 74, D max 95, V min 40, V max 70, pa 346, pm 322, pp 369, Ip 1031 (after Taufflieb, 1965a).
Type deposition. Holotype (original number 17594-5) and one paratype in MDLA; two paratypes in MNHN (58G 6 and 58G 15).
Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Angola (Dundo) ex Crocidura sp. (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), Praomys jacksoni (Rodentia: Muridae), and Potamogale velox (Afrosoricida: Potamogalidae).Additional material was collected in Congo (Brazzaville, Djoue River) ex Grammomys poensis (Eisentraut) (syn. Thamnomys rutilans Peters) (Rodentia: Muridae) and P. velox (Taufflieb 1965a).
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863
Allaphis cyperi subsp. cyperi Walker 1848
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name: Khruleva, Olga A.
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Allaphis
Allaphis cyperi
Allaphis cyperi cyperi (walker, 1848)

description: Allaphis cyperi cyperi (Walker, 1848)
Material. 5 apt. and imm., No. 10258, SSWBer, Carex aquatilis var. minor Boott, 19.vii.2012, on upper surface of leaves along central vien and on stem near top (imm. were transferred to plants in laboratory conditions, where on 26.vii.2012 another 1 apt. was obtained).
Distribution outside Chukotka AO. Europe, North America, Russian Far East.
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996
Boernerina occidentalis Hille Ris Lambers and Hottes 1962
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name: Khruleva, Olga A.
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Boernerina
Boernerina occidentalis

description: Boernerina occidentalis Hille Ris Lambers and Hottes, 1962
Material. 23 apt. and 9 al., No. 10230, SSWBer, Alnus alnobetula fruticosa (Rupr.) Raus., 5.vii.2012, on upper and lower surface of leaves.
Distribution outside Chukotka AO. USA (Alaska, Oregon). Comments. Aphids were found on many leaves, but they were distributed with only one or a few individuals per leaf.
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996
Euceraphis borealis Blackman
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name: Khruleva, Olga A.
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Euceraphis
Euceraphis borealis

description: Euceraphis borealis Blackman in Blackman and De Boise, 2002
Material. 3 al., No. 10233, SSWBer, Betula nana exilis (Sukaczev) Hulten, 6.vii.2012, on upper and lower surface of leaves; 2 al., No. 10265, SSWBer, Betula nana exilis (Sukaczev) Hulten, 26.vii.2012, on lower surface of leaves; 3 al., No. 10271, SSWBer, Betula nana exilis (Sukaczev) Hulten, 2.viii.2012, on lower surface of leaves.
Distribution outside Chukotka AO. Finland, Canada (Quebec, Manitoba, North-west Territories), USA (Alaska).
Comments. Specimens from Chukotka differ slightly in morphology from those described by Blackman and De Boise (2002). Our specimens have a slightly shorter base of the 6th antennal segment—306–372 (320–390 in Blackman and De Boise), a greater range of the ratio of the 5th antennal segment to the base of the 6th antennal segment—2.09–2.79 (2.16–2.73 in Blackman and De Boise), a slightly lower ratio of the length of the 6th antennal segment to the length of the ultimate rostral segment—2.35–2.72 (2.38–3.05 in Blackman and De Boise), and slightly greater ratio of length of the ultimate rostral segment and the length of the 2nd segment of the hind tarsus— 0.60–0.65 (0.52–0.62 in Blackman and De Boise). However, these are minor differences and are probably the result of simple geographic variation.
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996
Plocamaphis amerinae Hartig 1841
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Plocamaphis amerinae

description: Plocamaphis amerinae (Hartig, 1841)
Material. 1 al., No. 10205, ChD, 7 km south of Pevek, N 69° 38', E 170° 15', dry crushed stony southern slope of bald mountain with forb-herb-dryad vegetation, 13.vii.2011, sweeping.
Distribution outside Chukotka AO. Northwest and north Europe, west Siberia. Comments. Whereas we have available a single alate specimen we do not indicated its subspecies because of a great possibility of error.
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996
Pterocomma rufipes Hartig 1841
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name: Khruleva, Olga A.
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Pterocomma rufipes

description: Pterocomma rufipes (Hartig, 1841)
Material. 1 al., No. 10257, SSWBer, 18.vii.2012, in yellow trap; 1 apt., No. 10261, SSWBer, Salix alaxensis (Andersson) Coville, 20.vii.2012, on bark of last year’s shoot.
Distribution outside Chukotka AO. North-west, north, and central Europe, west and east Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, India, Iceland, and introduced to Canada (Manitoba).
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996
Acyrthosiphum pisum Harris 1776
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name: Khruleva, Olga A.
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Acyrthosiphum pisum

description: Acyrthosiphum pisum (Harris, 1776)
Material. 1 apt., 1 male and imm., No. 10245, SSWBer, Hedysarum hedysaroides (L.) Schinz et Thell., 14.vii.2012, on upper and undersides of leaves, on flowers and fruits (imm. were transferred to plants in the laboratory condition, where 19.vii.2012 1 al. was obtained); 1 apt., No. 10248, SSWBer, Hedysarum hedysaroides (L.) Schinz et Thell., 17.vii.2012, on flowers and fruits.
Distribution outside Chukotka AO. Cosmopolitan.
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996
Aulacorthum solani Kaltenbach 1843
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name: Khruleva, Olga A.
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Aulacorthum solani

description: Aulacorthum solani (Kaltenbach, 1843)
Material. 1 fund., No. 10238, SSWBer, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fr., 9.vii.2012, on peduncle near flowers. Distribution outside Chukotka AO. Almost сosmopolitan.
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996
Brachycaudus (Thuleaphis) rumexicolens Patch 1917
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Brachycaudus rumexicolens

description: Brachycaudus (Thuleaphis) rumexicolens (Patch, 1917)
Material. 2 al., No. 10194, ChD, 1 km north of Pevek, N 69° 42', E 170° 21', 4.vii.2011, dry mountain terrace with forb-lichen-dryad vegetation, sweeping; 1 al., No. 10195, ChD, 1 km north of Pevek, N 69° 42', E 170° 21', 7.vii.2011, spotty lichen-semishrub (dwarf willows, dryad)-moss tundra on foothill of the western exposition, sweeping; 1 al., No. 10196, in the same locality as No. 10194, 7.vii.2011, sweeping; 1 al., No. 10262, SSWBer, 20.vii.2012, in yellow trap.
Distribution outside Chukotka AO. Europe, north Africa, west and Central Asia, India, Australia, North and South America.
Comments. In the vicinity of Pevek this species was found in the single locality with severe (dry and windy) conditions, where it inhabited cooler sites in foothills and mountain terraces.
Specimens of B. rumexicolens from Chukotka have long setae on dorsal side of abdomen (longest seta on abdominal tergite III 18–30 Μm) and large marginal and spinal tubercles; usually setae on abdominal tergite III of specimens of this species are short (5–8 Μm according to Heie, 1992) and marginal and spinal tubercles are absent or very small. However the length of setae in this species can vary greatly between populations (Alexey Andreev, personal comm.), and intraspecific variability of the number and dimension of tubercles is also common in aphids of the subtribe Anuraphidina. Further work is needed to assess the significance of this variation within and between populations.
description: Published as part of Stekolshchikov, Andrey V. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2015, Contributions to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with descriptions of five new species, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 4044 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289996