Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mehrparvar, Mohsen & Mirtadzadini, Mansour, 2024, Aphids associated with Carthamus in Iran with the description of the hitherto unknown male of Uroleucon carthami (Hille Ris Lambers, 1948) (Hemi.: Aphididae), Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3), pp. 467-483 : 475-476

Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Apterae exhibit a dark reddish-brown or blackish-brown colour, often shiny, accompanied by black antennae, siphunculi, and cauda, with a body length ranging from 2.8 to 4.7 mm. These aphids are typically found on the upper parts of stems of Centaurea spp. , although occasional records exist from other composite genera. There are also sporadic occurrences on certain Boraginaceae . It's worth noting that the name may be applied to a group of closely related species with more specific host associations. This species is distributed in Europe, West Siberia, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan ( Blackman & Eastop, 2024). This aphid has been documented in various provinces across Iran, including Alborz, Fars, Gilan, Kerman, Markazi, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Tehran, West Azerbaijan, and Zanjan. However, its presence on Carthamus is currently limited to Fars province ( Goodarzifar et al., 2010). This is the first report of this aphid species from Isfahan province. The populations of this species on Carthamus closely resemble those of U. carthami ; for more details, refer to the section below on U. carthami in this article.

Material examined. ARG00577: Iran, Kerman province, Mahan , alt. 1929 m., on Carthamus tinctorius , 1- X-2014, leg. Mohsen Mehrparvar. ARG00579: Iran, Isfahan province, Lavark , on Carthamus tinctorius , 31-VIII-2005, leg. Unknown. ARG00584: Iran, Kerman province, Mahan , alt. 1934 m., on Carthamus oxyacantha , 6-V-2015, leg. Mohsen Mehrparvar. ARG00585: Iran, Isfahan province, Isfahan-IUT, on Carthamus tinctorius , 10-XII-2002, leg. Mohsen Mehrparvar. ARG00593: Iran, Isfahan province, IsfahanIUT, alt. 1630 m., on Carthamus tinctorius , 10-XI-2003, leg. Mohsen Mehrparvar. ARG00600: Iran, Kerman province, Bongan , alt. 2582 m., on Carthamus tinctorius , 30-IX-2017, leg. Moein Rokni.