title: Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of ornamental plants from São Carlos, São Paulo state, Brazil.
abstract: A total of 25 aphid species were collected from 49 ornamental plant species in São Carlos-São Paulo, Brazil; 12 aphids were monophagous, four oligophagous and nine polyphagous. A total of 58 aphid-plant associations are recorded, 43 unknown from Brazil. Eucarazzia elegans (Ferrari, 1872) (Aphididae: Aphidinae: Macrosiphini) is recorded for the first time from Brazil, and Nectandra megapotamica Spreng. (Lauraceae) is recorded for the first time as host plant for Lizerius tuberculatus (E.E. Blanchard, 1939) (Drepanosiphidae: Drepanosiphinae: Lizeriini). We also describe the injuries caused by aphids to the ornamental plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, C.P. 676, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. palg@iris.ufscar.br
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia B G
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Peronti
authors.forename: Carlos Roberto
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Sousa-Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000145:classification*; D001938:Brazil; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*