Takecallis arundinariae (Essig) (Aphididae, Drepanosiphinae, Phyllaphidini): first record in Brazil and comparison to Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi)

Lazzari, Sonia Maria Noemberg; Zonta de Carvalho, Regina Celia; Cardoso, Josiane Teresinha

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751999000300023

Abstract

This paper reports the first record of a bamboo aphid Takecallis arundinariae (Essig, 1917) on bamboo plants in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Specimens were also collected in yellow pan traps from June-August (fall-winter), and a few specimens from October-December (late spring-early summer). Individuals were found feeding on the underside of leaves, parallel to the veins on Dendroclamus sp. and Merostachys sp. (Bambusoideae). Individuals collected were represented mainly by alate viviparous females bearing a characteristic clypeus with an anterior tubercle. A brief diagnosis and morphometric data are presented to distinguish T. arundinariae from Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi, 1926), another bamboo aphid recorded recently in Brazil. T. arundinariae is a medium-sized pale yellow aphid, distinguished by a series of elongate black spots on the abdominal tergites and found mainly on mature bamboo leaves. T. taiwanus is pale green and has been found on young leaves and shoots.

Aphididae; Takecallis; bamboo aphids; occurrence; Bambusoideae

Takecallis arundinariae (Essig) (Aphididae, Drepanosiphinae, Phyllaphidini) - first record in Brazil and comparison to Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi)¹

Sonia Maria Noemberg Lazzari^I; Regina Celia Zonta de Carvalho^II; Josiane Teresinha Cardoso^I

^IDepartamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. CNPq fellows. E-mail: lazzari@bio.ufpr.br

^IICentro de Diagnóstico Marcos Enrietti, SEAB. Rua Jaime Balão 575, 80040-340 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

ABSTRACT

This paper reports the first record of a bamboo aphid Takecallis arundinariae (Essig, 1917) on bamboo plants in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Specimens were also collected in yellow pan traps from June-August (fall-winter), and a few specimens from October-December (late spring-early summer). Individuals were found feeding on the underside of leaves, parallel to the veins on Dendroclamus sp. and Merostachys sp. (Bambusoideae). Individuals collected were represented mainly by alate viviparous females bearing a characteristic clypeus with an anterior tubercle. A brief diagnosis and morphometric data are presented to distinguish T. arundinariae from Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi, 1926), another bamboo aphid recorded recently in Brazil. T. arundinariae is a medium-sized pale yellow aphid, distinguished by a series of elongate black spots on the abdominal tergites and found mainly on mature bamboo leaves. T. taiwanus is pale green and has been found on young leaves and shoots.

Key words: Aphididae, Takecallis, bamboo aphids, occurrence, Bambusoideae.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We are thankful to Dr. Victor F. Eastop, The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), for confirming the aphid identification and to Dr. Gerdt Hatschbach, Museu Botânico Municipal de Curitiba, for the identification of the bamboos.

Recebido em 28.V.1998; aceito em 27.VIII.1999.

References

BLACKMAN, R.L & V.F. EASTOP. 1984. Aphids on the World's Crops - An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester, John Wiley and Sons, 466p.
______ . 1994. Aphids on the World's Trees - An Identification and Information Guide. Wallingford, CAB International, 987p.
COFFELT, M.A. & P.B. SCHULTZ. 1990. Seasonal abundance and population dynamics of a bamboo aphid, Takecallis arundinariae (Homoptera: Aphididae). Jour. ent. Sci. 25 (4): 526-534.
FOUREAUX, L.V. & C.M. KATO. 1999. Primeiro registro de Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi) (Homoptera: Aphididae) no Brasil. An. Soc. Entomol. Brasil 28 (1): 183-184.
HIGUCHI, H. 1968. A revision of the genus Takecallis Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphididae). Insecta matsum. 31 (4): 25-34.
MAACK, R. 1981. Geografia Física do Estado do Paraná. Rio de Janeiro, Editora José Olympio, 450p.
Remaudiére, G. & M. Remaudière. 1997. Catalogue of the World's Aphididae. Paris, INRA, 473p.

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Contribuição número 1166 do Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
15 June 2009
Date of issue
1999

History

Received
28 May 1998
Accepted
27 Aug 1999

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[1] BLACKMAN, R.L & V.F. EASTOP. 1984. Aphids on the World's Crops - An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester, John Wiley and Sons, 466p.

[2] ______ . 1994. Aphids on the World's Trees - An Identification and Information Guide. Wallingford, CAB International, 987p.

[3] COFFELT, M.A. & P.B. SCHULTZ. 1990. Seasonal abundance and population dynamics of a bamboo aphid, Takecallis arundinariae (Homoptera: Aphididae). Jour. ent. Sci. 25 (4): 526-534.

[4] FOUREAUX, L.V. & C.M. KATO. 1999. Primeiro registro de Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi) (Homoptera: Aphididae) no Brasil. An. Soc. Entomol. Brasil 28 (1): 183-184.

[5] HIGUCHI, H. 1968. A revision of the genus Takecallis Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphididae). Insecta matsum. 31 (4): 25-34.

[6] MAACK, R. 1981. Geografia Física do Estado do Paraná. Rio de Janeiro, Editora José Olympio, 450p.

[7] Remaudiére, G. & M. Remaudière. 1997. Catalogue of the World's Aphididae. Paris, INRA, 473p.