Molecular data and species diagnosis in Essigella Del Guercio, 1909 (Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Lachninae)

Molecular data and species diagnosis in Essigella Del Guercio, 1909 (Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Lachninae)

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Morphological and molecular data are used to describe three new species of Essigella (Sternorrhyncha: Day and Night Cream Aphididae: Lachninae): Essigella domenechi sp.n., Essigella gagnonae sp.n., and Essigella sorenseni sp.

n.; and to re-establish as valid Essigella patchae Hottes, 1957, jar stat.n., until now considered a synonym of E.pini Wilson, 1919.

The catalogue of Essigella species is updated.This study highlights the need and utility to use discreet DNA characters in aphid species diagnoses.