Aphis

Genus of true bugs

Aphis
Soybean aphid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Tribe: Aphidini
Genus: Aphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Aphis rumicis
Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
at least 600 species

Aphis is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids.[1] It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid Aphis glycines. Many species of Aphis, such as A. coreopsidis and A. fabae, are myrmecophiles, forming close associations with ants.[2]

Selected Species

See also

Photos

References

  1. ^ Aphid Research Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  2. ^ Altfeld, L.; Stiling, P. (2006). "Argentine ants strongly affect some but not all common insects on Baccharis halimifolia". Environmental Entomology. 35 (1): 31–36. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.31. S2CID 85849541.

External links

  • Media related to Aphis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Bugguide.net. Genus Aphis
  • Key to Aphis of the midwestern US
  • Coeur d'Acier A, Cruaud A, Artige E, Genson G, Clamens AL, Pierre E, Hudaverdian S, Simon JC, Jousselin E, Rasplus JY (2014). "DNA barcoding and the associated PhylAphidB@se website for the identification of European aphids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)". PLOS ONE. 9 (6): e97620. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...997620C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097620. PMC 4045754. PMID 24896814.
  • "Aphid Ecology, Molecular Identifications and Systematics Database". PhylAphidB@se. INRAe.
  • Blackman, R.L.; Eastop, Victor F. (2008). Aphids on the World's Herbaceous Plants and Shrubs. Wiley. ISBN 9780470519592.
  • Remaudière, G.; Remaudière, M. (1997). Catalogue of the World's Aphididae. Techniques et pratiques. Paris: INRA. ISBN 2738007147.
Taxon identifiers
Aphis


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