Contribution to the aphid fauna (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of Racha-Lechkhumi floristic region (Western Georgia)
Sh.Z. Barjadze, N.G. Bakhtadze, G.I. Bakhtadze, N.T. Kintsurashvili, N.L. Chakvetadze & N.A. Zhukovskaya
Abstract. Twenty two species are given in an annotated faunal list of Aphidoidea of the Racha-Lechkhumi floristic region. Of the species reported, 10 are new to the fauna of this region, while Aphis vitalbae Ferrari, 1872 and Macrosiphum hellebori Theobald & Walton, 1923 are recorded for the first time from Transcaucasia.
Key words: Aphids, new record, Racha-Lechkhumi floristic region, Western Georgia
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2009, 18(1): 54-58 ▪ Published in print 3 July 2009
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2009.18.1.54 ▪ Open full article 
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