Mollitrichosiphum ( Metatrichosiphon ) nandii Basu

Mollitrichosiphum ( Metatrichosiphon) nandii Basu

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Mollitrichosiphum ( Metatrichosiphon) nandii Basu, 1964: 233 .

Eutrichosiphum (Paratrichosiphum) alnisuctum Zhang , in Zhang & Zhong, 1988: 167. syn. nov. Mollitrichosiphum (Metetrichosiphon) nardii Basu : Raychaudhuri & Chatterjee, 1980: 357; Ghosh & Agarwala, 1993: 292; Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 177.

Material examined. China, Yunnan: Kunming, 2.viii.1982, No. Y 2562, 1 apterous viviparous female, 1 alate viviparous female and 4 apterous viviparous nymphs (Z.H. Xia), Kunming, 5.viii.1982, No. Y 2574, 5 apterous viviparous females and 3 apterous viviparous nymphs on Alnus cremastogyne (Z.H. Wu) ; Kunming, 13.v.1980, No.7081, 8 apterous viviparous females, 8 alate viviparous females, 1 apterous viviparous nymph and 1 alate viviparous nymph on Alnus sp. (T.S. Zhong & L. Y. Wang); Baoshan, 27.x.2003, No. 14712, 4 apterous viviparous females, 2 alate viviparous females and 1 apterous viviparous nymph on Alnus sp. (H.B. Liang); China, Xizang: Medog, 21.iv.1983, No.7785, 4 apterous viviparous females and 1 alate viviparous female on Alnus cremastogyne (T.S. Zhong & Y.H. Han) [ Holotype and paratypes of Eutrichosiphum ( Paratrichosiphum) alnisuctum Zhang ]; Xizang: Medog, 800m, 13.viii.2003, No.15370, 1 apterous viviparous female (G.X. Qiao); Xizang: Tongmai, alt. 2049m, 31.viii.2005, No.18382, 7 apterous viviparous females on Fagus longipetiolata ; Xizang: Zhangmu, 27.vii.2005, No.16504, 3 apterous viviparous females and 4 alate viviparous females (J.F. Wang); Xizang: Tongmai, 31.viii.2005, No.18383, 2 apterous viviparous females on Fagus longipetiolata ; China, Sichuan, 2.vi.1981, No.7271, 4 apterous viviparous females on Alnus sp. (B.L. Zhang); China, Guangxi: Longsheng, 18.xi.1981, No. Y 6634, 5 apterous viviparous females and 3 alate viviparous nymphs on Phoebe sp. (X.Q. Liang); Guangxi: Guilin, xi.1982, No. Y 6574, 1 apterous viviparous female, 3 apterous viviparous nymphs and 2 alate viviparous nymphs on Delavaya toxocarpa (X.Q. Liang) ; Guangxi: Mt. Jiuwandashan, 980m, 3.viii.2003, No.14657, 1 apterous viviparous female (J. Y. Yang).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang), India.

Host plants. Phoebe spp . ( Lauraceae ), Delavaya toxocarpa (Sapindaceae) , Alnus cremastogyne (Betulaceae) and Fagus longipetiolata (Fagaceae) .

Comments. The synonymy indicated above is based on an examination of the type specimens of Eutrichosiphum ( Paratrichosiphum) alnisuctum Zhang as indicated above.