Brachyunguis Das 1918
Creators: name: Barjadze, Shalva
name: Özdemir, Işil
name: Ebrahimi, Ebrahim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Brachyunguis

description: Key to apterous viviparous females of Brachyunguis species known from Iran
1 SIPH longer, 0.08–0.12 × BL............................................................................ 2
- SIPH shorter, no more 0.07 × BL......................................................................... 7
2 Cauda with 8–14 setae. (On Cynanchum and Haloxylon)...................................................... 3
- Cauda with no more than 9 setae. On other plants........................................................... 4
3 ANT 0.60–0.68 × BL. SIPH pale. Clypeus normal. (On Cynanchum)........................... B. cynanchi (Nevsky)
- ANT 0.43–0.54 × BL. SIPH dark. Clypeus strongly enlarged. (On Haloxylon)............ B. saxaulica (Nevsky) (partim)
4 ANT no more than 0.50 × BL (On Tamarix)................................................................ 5
- ANT 0.67–0.77 × BL (On other plants)................................................................... 6
5 ANT III much longer than ANT VI. URS L 0.80–0.90 × HT II L.......................... B. tamaricophilus (Nevsky)
- ANT III is about as long as ANT VI or shorter. URS L 0.60–0.75 × HT II L................. B. tamaricis (Lichtenstein)
6 SIPH L no more than 1.3 × SIPH W. CAUDA L no more than 1.3 × CAUDA W. (On Pistacia vera)................................................................................................... B. nevskyi (Kreutzberg)
- SIPH L 2.6–3.7 × SIPH W. CAUDA L 1.5–2 × CAUDA W. (On Stocksia brahuica)..................................................................................................... B. kaussarii Remaudière & Davatchi
7. SIPH L 0. 20–0.63 × CAUDA L......................................................................... 8
- SIPH L 0. 65–1.1 × CAUDA L......................................................................... 10
8 Cauda with at least 10 setae. (On Zygophyllum)................................... B. zygophylli (Nevsky) (partim)
- Cauda with 6–9 setae. On Diarthron, and possibly other plants................................................. 9
9 PT 0.38–0.64 × ANTVI b. SIPH pigmented, very short, truncated helmet–shaped or ring-shaped................................................................................................ B. dendrostellerae Kadyrbekov
- PT 0.76–0.86 × ANTVI b. SIPH pale, truncated conical................................ B. monstratus Kadyrbekov
10 Clypeus strongly enlarged. (On Haloxylon)....................................... B. saxaulica (Nevsky) (partim)
- Clypeus normal. On other plants........................................................................ 11
11 URS L 1.00–1.16 × HT II L. (On Astracantha)................................... B. skafi Remaudière & Talhouk
- URS L shorter or equal to HT II L. On other plants......................................................... 12
12 Head pale brown, big marginal sclerites are developed on the thorax, ABD TERG VII–VIII often with small sclerites.... 13
- Only head is sclerotized, sclerites are not developed on the thorax and abdomen.................................. 14
13 ABD TERG VIII with 2 (3) setae. Cauda pale. (On Cuscuta)................................ B. cuscutae (Nevsky)
- ABD TERG VIII with 4–5 setae. Cauda light brown. (On Atraphaxis)....................... B. atraphaxidis (Nevsky)
14 Cauda with no more 9 setae. (On various plant families)......................................... B. harmalae Das
- Cauda at least 10 setae. (On Lycium or Zygophyllum)....................................................... 15
15 MSL on frons 0.6–0.9 × ANT III BD. SIPH L no more than 0.75 × CAUDA L. (On Zygophyllum)............................................................................................... B. zygophylli (Nevsky) (partim)
- MSL on frons 1.2–1.5 × ANT III BD. SIPH L 0.9–1.0 × CAUDA L. (On Lycium)..................... B. lycii (Nevsky)
description: Published as part of Barjadze, Shalva, Özdemir, Işil & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2022, Two species of Brachyunguis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) new to Iran, and a key to the Iranian species of this genus, pp. 49-57 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/7070471