Pemphigus matsumurai

Pemphigus (Pemphigus) matsumurai is a species of gall-forming aphid, in the subgenus, Pemphigus, of the genus, Pemphigus.^[1][2] It was first described in 1927 by the Japanese entomologist, Kota Monzen.^[2][3] Some authorities consider it a synonym of Pemphigus (Pemphigus) niishimae.^[1] Others do not.^[4][5] The species epithet, mutsumurai, honours the Japanese entomologist, Shōnen Matsumura.

Pemphigus matsumurai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Subfamily:	Eriosomatinae
Genus:	Pemphigus
Species:	P. matsumurai
Binomial name
Pemphigus matsumurai Kota Monzen, 1927
Synonyms[1]
Pemphigus montanus Narzikulov, 1957 Pemphigus niishimae (Ambiguous) Pemphigus niisimae (Ambiguous) Pemphigus (Pemphigus) matsumurai Monzen, 1927

It is found on the Korean Peninsula,^[4] in Japan,^[6][3] China,^[6][7][8] Siberia,^[2] and possibly elsewhere.