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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini » Neotoxoptera
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Aphid for ID - Neotoxoptera
Copyright © 2016 Barbara Thurlow

Aphid for ID - Neotoxoptera
Temple Hills, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
April 22, 2012
Sorry, I did not make note of the plant it was on.
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Contributed by Barbara Thurlow on 17 April, 2016 - 12:21pm
Last updated 27 October, 2017 - 5:06pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 October, 2017 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Natalie
I see this is the first BugGuide record for this genus. Cool.

Thanks for your help and expertise.
… Barbara Thurlow, 27 October, 2017 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
It is cool!
I've never seen this genus before, I'll have to look into it more and see if species can be determined from an image.
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 October, 2017 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Great, thanks
I appreciate that. It does look like the one they've labelled Neotoxoptera formosana, but without photos of the other species for comparison I'm completely lost. I've looked around but can't find any. It also sounds like the differences may be very subtle...too much so for species based on image alone.
… Barbara Thurlow, 27 October, 2017 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Haha that's the norm with aphids!
I have worked with a few experienced aphidologists as I became an aphidologist myself, and I can't decide if it makes me feel better or worse that they are still often stumped by specimens, even well prepared slide mounted specimens sometimes. There are about a billion keys and they often each use ridiculous characters. Some will be like "the sixth hair on antennal segment III is .003-.005mm vs .006-.009mm" 😒 It's fun. Plus some aphid keys are hundreds of pages long and then have zero drawings pictures! Why?!
… Natalie Hernandez, 28 October, 2017 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

Neotoxoptera I believe
Compare:

http://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Neotoxoptera_aphids.htm
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 October, 2017 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

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