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: Aphididae: Lachninae): Essigella catherine lansfield ombre rainbow clouds eyelet curtains domenechi sp.n., Essigella gagnonae sp.

n., and Essigella sorenseni sp.n.

; and to re-establish as valid Essigella patchae Hottes, walter hagenah me 262 1957, 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.