{"id":834,"date":"2016-01-10T01:32:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T01:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2024-12-16T20:11:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:11:03","slug":"microlophium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/?page_id=834","title":{"rendered":"Microlophium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Microlophium<\/em> Mordvilko<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on morphology, I&#8217;ve never gotten why this group of species is considered a genus separate from <em>Acyrthosiphon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Microlophium-Douglas-Canyon-23-iv-2011.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-835\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Microlophium-Douglas-Canyon-23-iv-2011-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"A Microlophium fundatrix from the interesting habitat of Douglas Canyon in central Washington in April.\" class=\"wp-image-835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Microlophium-Douglas-Canyon-23-iv-2011-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Microlophium-Douglas-Canyon-23-iv-2011-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Microlophium-Douglas-Canyon-23-iv-2011.jpg 865w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Microlophium fundatrix from the interesting habitat of Douglas Canyon in central Washington in April.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, the fact that its species are associated with <em>Urtica<\/em> (stinging nettle) all around the northern hemisphere implies that it probably represents a single lineage. If better characters were available, or DNA sequences examined, perhaps it would be clear that recognition of this small genus would be supported.&nbsp; I have what appears to be two species in my collection, <em>Microlophium carnosum <\/em>(Buckton) (from western Washington) and <em>Microlophium sibiricum <\/em>(Mordvilko) (from Washington, Idaho, and New Mexico).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microlophium Mordvilko Based on morphology, I&#8217;ve never gotten why this group of species is considered a genus separate from Acyrthosiphon. However, the fact that its species are associated with Urtica (stinging nettle) all around the northern hemisphere implies that it probably represents a single lineage. If better characters were available, or DNA sequences examined, perhaps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":741,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-834","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2201,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions\/2201"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}