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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume 69 2008 pp. 19-157. Checklist of the Aphidoidea and Phylloxeroidea of Hungary (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) G. RIPKA Central Agricultural Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-environment, H-1518 Budapest, P.O. Box 127., Hungary. E-mail: Ripka.Geza@ntai.ontsz.hu Abstract - Based on mainly records in the literature, a checklist of the Aphidoidea and Phylloxeroidea of Hungary (156 genera, 594 species and subspecies) is presented, completed by a list of 786 host species of 102 plant families. New host and locality data from Hungary are given. Aphis euphorhiae KALTENBACH, 1843 (collected from Euphorbia seguieriana) and Takecallis taiwanus (TAKAHASHI, 1926) (from Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens) are recorded for the first time in Hungary. Keywords - Hemiptera, Aphidoidea, Phylloxetoidea, host plants, Hungary. INTRODUCTION Members of the superfamilies Aphidoidea and Phylloxeroidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) inhabit annual and perennial plants (EASTOP 1972, BLACKMAN & EASTOP 1984, 1994). The aphids or plant lice have a worldwide distribution. All species are phloem feeders, feeding on each part of plants (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits). World-wide there are over 4401 species in 493 recognized genera (BLACKMAN & EASTOP 1994). In the history of the Hungarian research on aphids the activity of HORVÁTH (1882, 1884, 1886^, b, 1896, 1897, 1907) was significant. He confirmed the occurrence of 164 species in Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (HORVÁTH 1897). Out of them 122 species were found in the territory of present-day Hungary. SZELEGIEWICZ (1968a) listed 369 aphid species and presumed that it was the half of the expected number. SZALAY-MARZSÓ