(Bursaphis) Baker (Blackman & Eastop 2006
Creators: name: Kök, Şahin
name: Karabacak, Ersin
name: Yaşar, İpek
name: Kasap, İsmail
name: Barjadze, Shalva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia

description: Identification key for Bursaphis species based on apterous viviparous females
This key is a modification of those by Remaudière (1993) and Blackman & Eastop (2024) including a new species.
1. Pigmentation present on ABD dorsum anterior to SIPH ....................................................... 2
-. Pigmentation absent on ABD dorsum anterior to SIPH ........................................................ 3
2. URS 1.10–1.40 × HT II. MSL on ANT III 0.70–1.50 × ANT III BD. On Adesmia spp. (Fabaceae). In Argentina ........................................................ A. (Bursaphis) argentina Nieto Nafría, Ortego & Mier Durante, 2021
-. URS 1.46–1.60 × HT II. MSL on ANT III 0.37–0.58 × ANT III BD. On Papaver pilosum subsp. strictum (Papaveraceae). In Türkiye .................................................................. A. (Bursaphis) kazdagensis sp. nov.
3. HT II remarkably smooth. SIPH occasionally with a few fine setae. On Epilobium spp. and Oenothera sp. (Onagraceae). In Europe Türkiye, Iran, Kazakhstan and Pakistan ............................. A. (Bursaphis) epilobiaria Theobald, 1927
-. HT II distinctly imbricated. SIPH without setae............................................................. 4
4. HT II with 2, 2, 2 setae. On Ribes spp. (Grossulariaceae), Baccharis, Bidens, Cosmos, Chrysanthemum, Eupatorium, Oxyloba, Simsia, Stevia (Asteraceae), and occasionally Penstemon (Plantaginaceae). In Mexico ................................................................................................. A. (Bursaphis) solitaria (Baker, 1934)
-. HT II with 3, 3, 3 or 3, 3, 2 setae......................................................................... 5
5. Setae on ANT III very long, fine and wavy, MSL 1.8–4.0 × ANT III BD.......................................... 6
-. Setae on ANT III straight or curved, not fine and wavy, MSL shorter than ANT III BD or 1.0–2.0 × ANT III BD.......... 8
6. SIPH 0.13–0.23 mm long, 0.08–0.10 × BL, 0.8–1.0 × cauda L. On Ribes nigrum, Ribes sp. In Canada and Mongolia ......................................................... A. (Bursaphis) manitobensis Robinson & Rojanavongse, 1976
-. SIPH 0.23–0.38 mm long, 0.12–0.25 × BL, and 1.0–2.2 × cauda L............................................... 7
7. ABD TERG II– V as well as I and VII with well-developed MTu. On Ribes spp. (Grossulariaceae). In Europe, eastward to Türkiye, Kazakhstan and west Siberia (Russia).............................. A. (Bursaphis) schneideri (Börner, 1940)
-. ABD TERG II– V only sporadically with small MTu. On Ribes spp. (Grossulariaceae), Epilobium angustifolium (Onagraceae). In North America, and possibly Mongolia and east Siberia (Russia)................... A. (Bursaphis) varians Patch, 1914
8. ABD TERG II– VI bearing in total 1–10 MTu (only less than 3 in some small specimens). On Ribes spp., mainly R. grossularia (Grossulariaceae), and Clarkia, Epilobium spp., especially E. montanum and Fuchsia (Onagraceae). In Europe, Central Asia, Pakistan, across Siberia (Russia) and in China ...................... A. (Bursaphis) grossulariae Kaltenbach, 1843
-. ABD TERG II– VI without MTu......................................................................... 9
9. SIPH 0.9–1.2 × Cauda L. URS with 9–14 accessory setae. On Epilobium hirsutum (Onagraceae). In west Sudan, Africa (check several specimens)........................................................ A. (Bursaphis) fluvialis Martin 1982
-. SIPH 1.0–2.0 × Cauda L. URS with 6-10 accessory setae. In Holarctic and Australia (check several specimens)......... 10
10. Cauda 1.35–1.75 × URS. ANT and legs all rather dusky/dark. On Epilobium lanceolatum and E. montanum (Onagraceae). In Europe, Kazakhstan, and introduced to North America........................ A. (Bursaphis) epilobii Kaltenbach, 1843
-. Cauda 1.00–1.35 × URS. ANT and legs usually paler........................................................ 11
11. MSL on ANT III shorter than ANT III BD. On Mimulus spp. (Phrymaceae). In North America................................................................................................. A. (Bursaphis) costalis Cook, 1984
-. MSL on ANT III longer than ANT III BD................................................................. 12
12. PT is more than 0.21 mm; PT 1.9–2.5 × ANT VI b (usually more than 2). On Ribes spp. (aureum, alpinum, nigrum) (Grossulariaceae) and Epilobium and Oenothera (Onagraceae). In Europe, North America.............................................................................................. A. (Bursaphis) oenotherae Oestlund, 1887
-. PT is less than 0.20 mm; PT 1.5–2.3 × ANT VI b (usually less than 2). On Oenothera spp. (Onagraceae). In Northern and eastern Europe.................................................. A. (Bursaphis) holoenotherae Rakauskas, 2007
Note: Aphis (Bursaphis) popovi Mordvilko, 1932 was excluded from the key, because it was described from fundatrices only (Rakauskas 1996).
description: Published as part of Kök, Şahin, Karabacak, Ersin, Yaşar, İpek, Kasap, İsmail & Barjadze, Shalva, 2024, A new species of Aphis Linnaeus, 1758 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from the northwestern Türkiye with a key to the species of the subgenus Bursaphis Baker, 1934, pp. 569-579 in Zootaxa 5551 (3) on pages 576-577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/14443314