23 Kas 2024 Cumartesi
Asptegopteryx bumbusae (Buckton, 1893) (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea): New to Pakistan! Westernmost range in Asia redefined
Abstract :Astegopteryx bambusae (Buckton, 1893) was found on Bambusa sp. L. from Abbaspur,
Kashmir-Pakistan in December 2015-2016. Diagnostic features, morphometric data,
micro-ecology and supportive images of the encountered species arepresented. The study also attempts to
correct rather anomalous distribution status, in the current aphidological
literature, of this species vis-a-vis present day Pakistan in the light of bibliographic,
geopolitical and biogeographical perspectives and redefines its westernmost
range in South East Asia
Astegopteryx bambusae, Abbaspur, Kashmir, Westernmost range, Pakistan