A SYNOPSIS OF THE WORLD FAUNA OF THE SALTUSAPHIDINAE, OR SEDGE APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE)

Abstract

AbstractThe Saltusaphidinae, or sedge aphids, as here understood consists of the following 49 species: Allaphis daviaulti (Quednau), Allaphis thripsoides (Hille Ris Lambers), Allaphis utahensis (Knowlton and Hall), Allaphis verrucosa (Gillette), Iziphya albipes Richards, Iziphya americana (Baker), Iziphya austriaca BÖrner, Iziphya brevipes Richards, Iziphya bufo (Walker), Iziphya flabella (Sanborn), Iziphya fungifera (Ossiannilsson), Iziphya grandipes Richards, Iziphya ingegardae Hille Ris Lambers, Iziphya leegei (BÖrner), Iziphya maculata Nevsky, Iziphya meridionalis (Hille Ris Lambers and v. d. Bosch), Iziphya nigriceps Richards, Iziphya oettingenii Quednau, Iziphya punctatella Richards, Iziphya spenceri Richards, Iziphya umbella Richards, Iziphya variabilis Quednau, Iziphya vittata Richards, Saltusaphis iberica (BÖrner), Saltusaphis scirpa Theobald, Sminthuraphis ulrichi Quednau, Stenaphis bodenheimeri (Hille Ris Lambers), Stenaphis elongata (Baker), Subsaltusaphis aquatalis (Ossiannilsson), Subsaltusaphis canadensis new species, Subsaltusaphis flava (Hille Ris Lambers), Subsaltusaphis intermedia (Hille Ris Lambers), Subsaltusaphis lambersi (Quednau), Subsaltusaphis maritima (Hille Ris Lambers), Subsaltusaphis ornata (Theobald), Subsaltusaphis pallida (Hille Ris Lambers), Subsaltusaphis paniceae (Quednau), Subsaltusaphis picta (Hille Ris Lambers), Subsaltusaphis rossneri (BÖrner), Subsaltusaphis virginica (Baker), Subsaltusaphis wanica (Hottes and Frison), Thripsaphis ballii (Gillette), Thripsaphis brevicornis Ossiannilsson, Thripsaphis caespitosae Ossiannilsson, Thripsaphis gelrica Hille Ris Lambers, Thripsaphis longisetis new species, Trichocallis cyperi (Walker), Trichocallis ossiannilssoni (Hille Ris Lambers), and Peltaphis hottesi Frison and Ross. Keys to genera and species and notes on the distribution of each species are given. Except for Iziphya leegei, which feeds on Juncus spp., all of the species breed on the Cyperaceae. A host index has been compiled from the material studied and the literature cited.