Acyrthosiphon matilei (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain)

Abstract

Acyrthosiphon matilei Remaudière & Leclant, 2000 is one of the six species of genus Acyrthosiphon Mordvilko, 1914 (Hem., Aphididae, Aphidinae, Macrosiphini) monophagous on Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae). At this moment A. matilei is known in several localities of France (Alpes-Martimes and Haute-Corse departments), Italy (Ventimiglia, in French border) and Croatia (Cavtat, close to Montenegro) living on Euphorbia spinosa L. (REMAUDIÈRE & LECLANT, 2000; BLACKMAN & EASTOP 2006 [2013]). These localities are placed in the Mediterranean phytogeographic Region. A. matilei is also present in several localities of the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains placed in the Orocantabrian phytogeographic province of the Euro-Siberian region.