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The histo structure of galls induced by aphids as a useful taxonomic character: the case of rectinasus (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae)
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Datos de la obra
Zootxa, 2014,vol.3861, n. 5
Editor
Magnolia Press
Fecha
2014-09-17
Abstract
Morphological differentiation of gall tissues induced on plants may play a role to characterize the real taxonomic position
of the gall inducer. We verified this hypothesis with galls induced by Rectinasus buxtoni on Pistacia palaestina. There is
controversy about the taxonomic localization of genus Rectinasus: in one classification it is situated with the genera Forda
and Paracletus while in another it is linked to the genera Geoica and Baizongia. Histological examination of the walls of
the galls reveals the presence of two opposed vascular bundles and an inner surface of the gall with cavities. These features
place Rectinasus in the same group as Geoica and Baizongia, and not with Paracletus and Forda, whose galls have a different
histological structure, as generally admitted.
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