Two aphid species newly introduced in Greece

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Published: Nov 8, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.11525
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Aphidoidea aphid fauna Greece
J. T. Margaritopoulos
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, 26 Ploutonos Str., 412 21 Larissa, Greece
A. P. Papapanagiotou
Department of Agronomy Technologists, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Theodoropoulou Str., 272 00, Amaliada, Greece
C. Ch. Voudouris
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, 26 Ploutonos Str., 412 21 Larissa, Greece & Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, 100 Nikolaou Plastira Str., 700 13, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
A. Kati
Phytopathology Lab, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
R. L. Blackman
Division of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Abstract

In this paper we report two aphid species as new records for the Greek and the European aphid fauna. The species are Aphis odinae (van der Goot) and Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). The former was found on Pittosporum spp. in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, and the latter on Sorghum halepense (L.) in Messolonghi, southern Greece, and also in Thessaloniki. Heavy infestations in Pittosporum trees by A. odinae have not been observed and M. sorghi was not detected in cultivated sorghum or maize in the few inspections we made. Thus, according to our inspections neither of these species is as yet of economic importance in Greece. These two species increase the number of aphid species recorded in Greece to 335.

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