Updated chek-list of Iberian-balearic Aphidini (Hemiptera, Aphididae)

Resumen

The check-list of species in the Tribe Aphidini (Hemipter~, Aphididae: Aphidinae) recorded to date from the Iberian Península and Balearic Isles IS presented, 139 species are listed. A list of the countries (Andorra. Spain and Portugal) and provinces (Spanish) or districts (Portuguese) where each species and subspecies is know is also included. Five species are mentioned for the first time in Iberian-Balearic territory: Aphis callunue Theobald, A. comosa (Bomer), A. lantanae Koch (with the subspecies A. lantanae coriaria Bomer), A. erigerontis Holman and Schizaphis longicaudata Hille Ris Lambers. Nine species have been removed from the check-list: Aphis euphorhiae Kaltenbach, Agenistae Scopoli, A. pilosellae (Bomer). A. salsolae (Bomer), A. striata Hille Ris Lambers, Brachyunguis zygophylli (Nevsky), B. suaedus (Paik), Prottaphis centaurea (Gómez-Menor) and Schizaphis pilipes (Ossiannilsson). Aphis ruborum Bomer & Schilder, 1931 is recognized as the valid name for Aphis ruborum Borner, 1932 syn. nov. and Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank) for Rhopalosiphum insertum (Walker). Two new combinations are established: Xerobion blascoi comb. nov. for Aphis blascoi García Prieto & Sanchís Segovia and Xerobion brutii comb. nov. for Absillthaphis brutii Barbagallo. Five binomens have been re-established: A. althaea (Nevsky), A. ballotae Passerini. A. longirostris (Bomer), A. ononidis (Schouteden) and A. pieridis (Bomer) to replace A. davletshinae Hille Ris Lambers. A. balloticola Szelegiewiez, A. longirostrata Hille Ris Lambers, A. kaltenbachi Hille Ris Lambers and A. stroyani Szelegiewicz, respectively. The life cycle of Aphis stachydis Mordvilko is given and its males and oviparous females are described. Taxonomic. faunistics and nomenclatural data of other taxa are also given.