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Knowledge of the host plants of aphids provides

important information about the ecology of

particular aphid species, their adaptability, ability

to spread, and potential reservoirs of economically

important species. Host plants are also an important

guide to the identification of aphids.

Records of the host plants of aphids were comprehensively

compiled by Patch in 1938 in the

“Food Plant Catalogue of Aphids of the World

including the Phylloxeridae”15. However, since

its publication more than 2,000 new aphid taxa

have been described, new synonymies recognized

and the generic classification of aphids modified,

as well as numerous nomenclatural changes

adopted. The botanical nomenclature has also

changed.

The Palaearctic region covers the whole of

the northern temperate and part of the northern

subtropical zone of the Old World. Aphids are

a predominantly northern temperate group and

more than 75% of the species are known from the

Palaearctic region. The proportion of host plant

records is even higher.

In the course of the last six decades partial or

regional lists of host plants of aphids have been

compiled and published either in monographs and

regional catalogs of aphids, or in separate publications.

Lists are available for Central Europe2,

Sweden13, Poland24, Japan7, Korea14, western

Siberia9, Romania8, Spain12, India20, Bulgaria25,

Moldavia27, Latvia23, Italy22, and Serbia and

Montenegro16. These lists are incomplete to various

degrees. In addition, a great deal of relevant

data is scattered in numerous papers on the taxonomy,

ecology and fauna of aphids.

This catalog was compiled to provide an

up-to-date list of the host plants of aphids

in the Palaearctic region. The reliability of

the host records was critically assessed and

then revised and standardized according to current

aphidological and botanical nomenclature.

In addition to the published data, 3,490 of

the author’s unpublished, collection-based host

records from Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia,

Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Far East are also

included.

Host records published prior to the publication

of the regional catalogs were treated selectively.

The author is aware of the incompleteness of

the data from some areas. The aphid fauna of the

European part of Russia is far richer than indicated

by the published data. Records in Chinese

publications after 1983 were used if the Latin

names of both aphids and plants were cited. Three

large monographs on Chinese aphids19,28,29 and

the identification guide for world’s aphids on herbs

and shrubs by Blackman and Eastop1 were not

available before the deadline for completing the

database (December 31, 2006). The latter excellent

book contains most data treated in the three

Chinese monographs and numerous additional,

unpublished host records.

The nomenclature of aphids follows that

in Remaudière and Remaudière21 with additions

and nomenclative changes published

since 1997. In particular, those relating to

the drepanosiphine aphids17,18, the genus Aphis

(subgenus Absinthaphis is transferred to Xerobion,

Protaphis is classified as a separate genus)11,

Sitobion (species living on ferns are transferred

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to Macrosiphum)10, as are numerous other genera

and species recognized as synonyms by Eastop

and Blackman4. Doubtful taxa (possible synonyms

and nomina dubia) are included.

Flora Europaea26 for Europe, Cherepanov3

for the former USSR (largely compatible with

the Flora Europaea), Flora Palaestina5,30 for the

Middle East, Fong Sung-Ming6 for China and the

International Plant Names Index (www.ipni.org.)

for all the areas and controversial records were

used as reference books of botanical nomenclature.

A broad concept of plant genera (viz.

Artemisia, Carex, Centaurea, Euphorbia) was

adopted.

Synonyms of plant names are mentioned if

used in the aphidological literature. If reasonable,

the synonyms of aphid names are given in parenthesis

after the code of the reference. Otherwise

for synonyms see Remaudière and Remaudière21.

Uncertain identifications are denoted by a question

mark preceding the species name. A question

mark in parenthesis after the plant name indicates

a questionable record and signals that the plant

may not be the true host. Evidently wrong records

are not included.

The Catalog consists of three parts plus

References. Part I presents the complete data base

of records arranged alphabetically by the names of

aphids and plants with respective plant family plus

references. The latter are arranged alphabetically

by geographical provenance. In some monographs

the host plants and the area of distribution of a particular

aphid species are summarized separately so

that the provenance of individual host records is

not evident. Sometimes the data can be linked indirectly

(by references, area of distribution of the

plant etc.), but in most cases the records could only

be assigned to a larger geographical area, or the

provenance is not indicated (SINE). Experimental

data (EXP) are given separately. In order to save

space, both the names of the geographical units

(countries, their parts or larger areas) and the references

are coded. The key to the codes of the geographical

units is given in (>Table 1). The code

for each reference is cited along with the entry

in the References. It consists of the name (usually

abbreviated) of the (senior) author and the

serial number of the publication in chronological

order.

The data base consists of 75,511 entries (aphid

species – plant species – plant family – geographical

unit + references). In all, 3,706 aphid species

and subspecies (incomplete and uncertain identifications

not taken into account) are covered,

feeding on 11,131 species of host plants in 1,948

genera and 243 families.

Part II presents the list of the plant genera included

in the Catalog, with respective plant families

and major taxa. It is needed for orientation in

Part III.

Part III presents a plant–aphid catalog without

references. It is divided into five sections

based on major plant taxa (Bryophyta,

Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledonae,

and Monocotyledonae). Within sections the data

are arranged alphabetically by plant family, plant

species, and aphid species.

There are 2,287 references.

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Acknowledgments

Many aphidologists helped in the preparation

of the present work by providing reprints

of their papers, information and advice, notably

A. V. Andreev, S. Aoki, S. Barbagallo,

A. Binazzi, R. L. Blackman, S. V. Buga, Ch. Chia

Chu Tao, E. Cichocka, A. F. G. Dixon, V. F.

Eastop, A. K. Ghosh, O. E. Heie, O. Heikinheimo,

H. Higuchi, D. Hille Ris Lambers, F. A.

Ilharco, R. Kadyrbekov, G. Lampel, V. A.

Mamontova, M. P. Mier Durante, M. Miyazaki,

F. P. Müller, J. M. Nieto Nafría, N. F. Pashchenko,

O. Petrovi´c, G. Qiao, R. Rakauskas, G. Kh.

Shaposhnikov, M. Sorin, H. L. G. Stroyan,

and G.-x. Zhang. I am especially grateful

to S. Chakrabarti, A. Stekolshchikov, and

G. Remaudière who provided numerous rare

publications.

The preparation and publication of the Catalog

was possible thanks to encouragement and help

from my colleagues and the support of the Institute

of Entomology for long-term dedication to a

project.

I am greatly indebted to J. Havelka for his

contribution in the initial stages of collecting data

from India and the Far East, for assembling numerous,

notably botanical, papers and books, and

for translation of Chinese names of plants in some

important publications. Z. Vojˇc resolved numerous

software problems. The intelligent and accurate

technical help of Mrs. Alena Šturmová with

computing and correcting the database is greatly

appreciated. The same is true of the help from

Mrs. Helena Musilová in 2006, especially during

the final completion and correction of the data.

Last but not least, I owe my deepest gratitude

to R. Zemek who transferred the database to a

text editor, formatted the book and did the final

revision.

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Table 1. Codes of countries and other geographical areas

AD Andorra

AFG Afghanistan

AL Albania

ARM Armenia

AS-CTR Central Asia

AS-E East Asia

AS-MDE Middle East

AT Austria

AZB Azerbaijan

BE Belgium

BG Bulgaria

BN Bosnia

BTN Bhutan

BY Byelorussia (Belarus)

CH Switzerland

CN China, location not specified

CN-NE1 China, north-eastern

CN-SE China, south-eastern

CN-TIB China, Tibet

CN-TWN China, Taiwan

CN-W China, western

CR Croatia

CYP Cyprus

CZ Czech Republic

DE Germany

DK Denmark

DK-FA Denmark, Faroe Islands

DZ Algeria

EG Egypt

ES Spain

ES-BAL Spain, Baleares

ES-CAN Spain, Canary Islands

EST Estonia

EU Europe

EU-CTR Central Europe

EU-N North Europe

EXP Experimental data

FI Finland

FR France

FR-CORS France, Corsica

GB Great Britain

GEG Georgia

GR Greece

HU Hungary

IL Israel

IND North of the Indian peninsula

IND-NE India, north-east

IND-NW India, north-west

IND-SIK India, Sikkim

IRN Iran

IRQ Iraq

IRL Ireland

IS Island (Iceland)

IT Italy

IT-SIC Italy, Sicily

JOR Jordan

JP Japan

KAZ Kazakhstan

KIR Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)

KOR Korean peninsula

LAT Latvia

LBN Lebanon

LI Liechtenstein

1N. of prov. Sichuan, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu.

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LIT Lithuania

LU Luxembourg

LY Libya

MA Marocco (Morocco)

MC Monaco

MD Macedonia

MED Mediterranean

MO Moldavia

MON Mongolia

MT Malta

NL The Netherlands

NO Norway

NO-JMI Norway, Jan Mayen Is.

NO-SP Norway, Spitsbergen

NPL Nepal

PAK Pakistan

PL Poland

PT Portugal

PT-AZ Portugal, Azores

PT-MAD Portugal, Madeira

RF-E Russia, Eur. part, not specified

RF-ECAU Russia, Eur. part, Caucasus

RF-ECTR Russia, Eur. part, central zone

RF-EN Russia, Eur. part, North

RF-ESE Russia, Eur. part, southeast

RF-FE Russia, Far East

RF-SCTR Russia, central Siberia

RF-SE Russia, eastern Siberia

RF-SW Russia, western Siberia

RO Romania

SA Saudi Arabia

SD Sudan

SINE Origin not specified

SK Slovakia

SL Slovenia

SM Serbia and Montenegro

SW Sweden

SYR Syria

TAJ Tajikistan

TKM Turkmenistan

TN Tunisia

TR Turkey

UK Ukraine

UK-CR Ukraine, Crimea

UZB Uzbekistan

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