Chen Jing, Jiang Li-Yun, Qiao Ge-Xia
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China.
Zookeys. 2011(111):11-8. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.111.1284. Epub 2011 Jun 22.
The taxonomic position of Hormaphis similibetulae Qiao & Zhang, 2004 has been reexamined. The phylogenetic position of Hormaphis similibetulae was inferred by maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses on the basis of partial nuclear elongation factor-1α and mitochondrial tRNA leucine/cytochrome oxidase II sequences. The results showed that this species fell into the clade of Hamamelistes species, occupying a basal position, and was clearly distinct from other Hormaphis species. A closer relationship between Hormaphis similibetulae and Hamamelistes species was also revealed by life cycle analysis. Therefore, we conclude that Hormaphis similibetulae should be transferred to the genus Hamamelistes as Hamamelistes similibetulae (Qiao & Zhang), comb. n.
对2004年乔和张描述的相似桦角蚜（Hormaphis similibetulae Qiao & Zhang）的分类地位进行了重新审视。基于部分核延伸因子-1α和线粒体亮氨酸转运RNA/细胞色素氧化酶II序列，通过最大简约法、最大似然法和贝叶斯分析推断相似桦角蚜的系统发育位置。结果表明，该物种归入了金缕梅蚜属（Hamamelistes）物种的分支，占据基部位置，且明显不同于其他角蚜属（Hormaphis）物种。生活史分析也揭示了相似桦角蚜与金缕梅蚜属物种之间存在更密切的关系。因此，我们得出结论，相似桦角蚜应作为相似金缕梅蚜（Hamamelistes similibetulae (Qiao & Zhang)）转入金缕梅蚜属，新组合。
