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- The species Periphyllus acerihabitans was originally described in China but has now been found in Japan for the first time.
- It includes detailed descriptions and illustrations of its various life stages, including apterous (wingless) and alate (winged) females, aestivating nymphs, and oviparous (egg-laying) females.
- The paper also compares P. acerihabitans to a related species, P. viridis, and provides identification keys for distinguishing between these species and others associated with similar host plants.
Article Abstract
Periphyllus acerihabitans Zhang, 1982, associated with Acer buergerianum, is known only from the original description from China. Based on the type series and specimens collected in Japan, we re-describe apterous and alate viviparous females of P. acerihabitans and describe dimorph (aestivating nymph) and oviparous female in detail with illustrations. This is the first record of this species from Japan. The differences between P. acerihabitans and a related species P. viridis (Matsumura, 1919) are discussed. Keys to similar species: P. acerihabitans, P. viridis and P. californiensis (Shinji, 1917), associated with A. buergerianum or A. pictum subsp. mono, are provided.
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