plant louse - Aphalara - BugGuide.Net

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… Chris Mallory, 25 July, 2015 - 4:49pm

Aphalara sp. (Daniel Burckhardt det.)

A difficult group typically associated with Polygonum or Rumex; Burckhardt notes that many spp. are "variable in size, colour, distribution of surface spinules, paramere, female terminalia" and that yours looks unusual in the black head and thorax color. The nearctic spp. are in desperate need of a revision and most are only known from Caldwell's rather inadequate original descriptions.

… Chris Mallory, 25 July, 2015 - 4:49pm

where the Caldwell's type specimens are curated?

are they in reasonably good condition?

… v belov, 25 July, 2015 - 4:55pm

Ohio, mostly

Caldwell deposited most of his specimens at Ohio State University (DeLong collection, Herbert Osborn Collection, and his personal collection); a number of types also deposited at the US National Museum. No idea what kind of condition they're in. Caldwell's spp. account for 9 of the 13 nearctic members of the genus.

… Chris Mallory, 25 July, 2015 - 5:12pm

doable.

… v belov, 25 July, 2015 - 5:13pm

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… Chris Mallory, 23 July, 2015 - 3:54pm

impressive thing, right? that charred appearance is so cool

i would call it, unpretentiously, carbonicolor (no need to bend the ending to match gender --a low-maintenance epithet, unlike, say, anthracina)

many thanks for all the recent additions, Chris.

i know i owe you a long letter that has been sitting in my draft box forever... i've managed to move since across half of the continent (on my own volition, apparently), and do many other rather weird things

… v belov, 23 July, 2015 - 4:58pm

Definitely

At this point I'm not even sure if this one has a name yet, in which case carbinicolor would fit rather nicely.

… Chris Mallory, 23 July, 2015 - 6:12pm

ha! how intriguing

wouldn't it be nice to describe a sp. n. of an open-living herbivore from New England, of all @#$% places?

… v belov, 23 July, 2015 - 6:16pm

That's the best part

usually the New England fauna is relatively straightforward, but not the case here. Unless I've just been overlooking something obvious (which has been known to happen). Wish we knew a host so that we knew where to find more of these.

… Chris Mallory, 23 July, 2015 - 6:22pm

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… Chris Mallory, 6 June, 2015 - 5:06pm

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… v belov, 19 May, 2010 - 11:38pm