taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B76873FFDDAD47FF0CF928B4DCD6C1.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Rhododendraphis tuatayae sp. n.	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
03B76873FFDDAD47FF0CF928B4DCD6C1.taxon	description	Description. Apterous viviparous female. Body small, elliptical with 6 - segmented antennae, antennae shorter than length of body. A few secondary rhinaria arranged distally on antennal segment III. Antennal segment III with imbrications on the distal 1 / 2 or 2 / 3. Processus terminalis short, length of processus terminalis / basal part of antennal segment VI is 1.45 – 1.65. Head with low antennal tubercles and low or absent median tubercles. Rostrum long, passes to hind coxae. Ultimate rostral segments oblong triangular with blunt apices, with 24 – 28 accessory hairs, ca. 2 times longer than length of second segment of hind tarsus. Legs normal, smooth. Tarsal I and II segments with spinulose imbrications, second segment of hind tarsus short (0.063 – 0.072 mm length) and wide (length of second segment of hind tarsus / width of second segment of hind tarsus - 3.00 – 3.43). First tarsal chaetotaxy: 3: 3: 3. Tergum dark and sclerotic with dark bands on abdominal tergites VII and VIII. Dorsum of body with reticulation pattern made by small cells. Hairs on dorsum are short with capitate apices, while on the ventral side long and pointed hairs are presented. Marginal wax gland plate absent from body. Subgenital and anal plates and cauda with spinulose imbrications. Siphunculi clavate, slightly or moderately swollen on the distal half, with scaly pattern and transverse striae before flange. Siphunculi with distinct flange. Cauda short, tongue-shaped, not constricted in the middle, with a small number of hairs on it.	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
03B76873FFDDAD47FF0CF928B4DCD6C1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The generic name Rhododendraphis is of feminine gender and derived from the ancient Greek word “ Rhododendron ”, which is the host plant of the aphid, and “ aphis ” (= plant louse). Diagnosis. This genus belongs to the tribe Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Of the Rhododendron - feeding aphids, it resembles Rostratusaphis Fang and Qiao, 2009 in the following features: (1) poorly developed antennal tubercles, (2) long rostrum, (3) high number of secondary hairs on the ultimate rostral segment, (4) spinulose hind tarsi, (5) clavate siphunculi without subapical zone of reticulation and (6) small number of caudal hairs (Fang & Qiao 2009). However apterous viviparous females of Rhododendraphis differ from the same form of Rostratusaphis by having (1) a processus terminalis that is longer than the basal part of antennal segment VI; (2) secondary rhinaria on antennal segment III; (3) a much shorter ultimate rostral segment; (4) dorsal hairs with capitate rather than pointed; (5) no marginal wax plates on metanotum and abdominal tergites I – VI. It also resembles Neoamphorophora, but that genus has apterae without secondary rhinaria on the antennae, tarsi without spinules, and a much shorter ultimate rostral segment with only a few accessory hairs. Apart from Rostratusaphis, six other Rhododendron - feeding genera (Chaetomyzus, Ericolophium, Illinoia, Indiaphis, Indomasonaphis and Vesiculaphis) have species with spinulose second tarsal segments. Of these, only Illinoia has apterae with antennae bearing secondary rhinaria, and that is a Nearctic genus with well-developed antennal tubercles and siphunculi with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation. Chaetomyzus and Indomasonaphis have characteristic dorsal seta-bearing processes, and Ericolophium and Indiaphis have tapering / cylindrical siphunculi with no trace of distal swelling. Vesiculaphis has apterae with projections on the head as a ledge or lobes in front of the antennal bases.	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
03B76873FFDEAD45FF0CFF4FB2C7D52A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: apterous viviparous female, slide N 295 - 77, specimen No. 4 (lower specimen on the left side), North-eastern Turkey, Trabzon Province, Trabzon, 06. VII. 1971, Rhododendron sp., leg. Nazife Tuatay; Paratypes: 7 apterous females on two slides, the same data as for holotype. Type specimens are deposited at the Natural History Museum of London (BMNH). This species was included in as “ Neoamphorophora sp. ” in the identification key for Rhododendron - living aphids of Blackman & Eastop (2006, 2014).	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
03B76873FFDEAD45FF0CFF4FB2C7D52A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is given in honor of Dr. Nazife Tuatay, who worked on the Turkish aphid fauna during several decades and who collected specimens of the new species.	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
03B76873FFDEAD45FF0CFF4FB2C7D52A.taxon	description	Description. Apterous viviparous female (n = 8). Color in life: unknown, probably brown or black. Color on slide: tergum dark and sclerotic with dark bands on abdominal tergites VII and VIII. Antennal segments I – III dusky, antennal segments IV – VI pale, rostrum pale except rostral segments III – V, which are dusky, coxa dusky, femora and tibia pale except their dusky apices, tarsus dusky, basal half of siphunculus pale, while apical half is dusky, subgenital, anal plates dusky, cauda pale. Body small and elliptic, 1.38 – 1.71 mm long (fig. 3). Width of body 0.46 – 0.51 times as long as its length. Length of antenna 0.83 – 0.93 times as long as length of body. Antennae 6 - segmented (fig. 1 – 2). Antennal tubercles low and medial tubercles small or absent (fig. 4). Marginal wax gland plate absent from body. Antennal hairs pointed, length of the longest hair on antennal segment III 0.57 – 0.80 times as long as basal diameter of antennal segment III. Antennal segment III with imbrications on the distal 1 / 2 or 2 / 3. Antennal segment III 1.27 – 1.61 longer than siphunculus and 0.28 – 0.37 length of body. Secondary rhinaria 3 – 8, arranged in one line on distal 0.47 – 0.71 part of antennal segment III. Length of antennal segments IV and V and basal part of antennal segment VI respectively 0.33 – 0.55, 0.34 – 0.45 and 0.24 – 0.28 times as long as antennal segment III. Processus terminalis 0.35 – 0.45 as long as antennal segment III and 1.45 – 1.65 times longer than basal part of antennal segment VI. Basal part of antennal segment VI and processus terminalis respectively 0.32 – 0.34 and 0.46 – 0.55 times as long as head width across compound eyes. Cephalic dorsal hairs capitate, 1.05 – 1.21 times longer than basal diameter of antennal segment III. Dorsum of body with reticulation pattern made by small cells (fig. 9). Hairs on dorsum are short with capitate apices, while on the ventral side long and pointed hairs are presented. Rostrum large, extending to hind coxae. Ultimate rostral segment (R IV + V) oblong triangular with blunt apex (fig. 6), 2.01 – 2.50 as long as its basal width, 0.34 – 0.39 as long as head width across compound eyes, 1.09 – 1.19 times length of basal part of antennal segment VI, and 1.96 – 2.16 times length of second segment of hind tarsus. Length of ventral hairs on the hind trochanter 0.50 – 0.76 times as long as trochantrofemoral suture. Legs long, length of hind femora and hind tibia 0.32 – 0.37 and 0.59 – 0.67 times as long as length of body respectively. Length of hind femora and hind tibia respectively 1.32 – 1.54 and 2.40 – 2.74 times as long as head width across compound eyes. Second segment of hind tarsus short with spinulose imbrications (fig. 10), 3.00 – 3.43 times longer than wide and 0.17 – 0.19 times head width across compound eyes. Small marginal tubercles always present on the abdominal tergites II – IV. Spinal tubercles absent. Longest hairs of abdominal tergites III and VIII respectively 0.86 – 1.05 and 0.90 – 1.26 times as long as basal diameter of antennal segment III. Siphunculus clavate, slightly or moderately swollen on the distal half, with scaly pattern and transverse striae before flange (fig. 5). Siphunculus with distinct flange. Maximum width of siphunculus 1.31 – 2.11 times longer than its minimum width. Length of siphunculus 0.22 – 0.25 of length of body, 0.90 – 1.01 times head width across compound eyes and 1.99 – 2.28 times as long as cauda. Subgenital plate round, sclerotized and with spinulose imbrications (fig. 8). Cauda short, tongue-shaped, not constricted in the middle, with spinulose imbrications (fig. 7). Length of cauda 1.38 – 1.72 times its basal width and 0.41 – 0.45 times head width across compound eyes. Measurements and chaetotaxy are given in table 1.	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
03B76873FFDEAD45FF0CFF4FB2C7D52A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Only known from the type locality in Trabzon, Trabzon Province, North-eastern Turkey.	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
03B76873FFDEAD45FF0CFF4FB2C7D52A.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. The host plant is an unidentified Rhododendron sp. The life cycle is unknown.	en	Özdemir, Shalva Barjadze Işil (2014): A new genus of Macrosiphini Wilson, 1910 (1887) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Rhododendron in Turkey. Zootaxa 3835 (1): 121-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.7
