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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

Superfamily Aphidoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Internet References · Works Cited
Ants tending Aphids - Aphis Woolly Elm Aphid? - Eriosoma White Pine Aphid - Cinara strobi Aphids Uroleucon on Sow Thistle - Uroleucon sonchi Aphids or Psyllids ? - Prociphilus tessellatus Aphid Autumn form - Monellia caryella
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Aphidoidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
taxonomy follows(1): Aphidoidea contains a single family, Aphididae. Adelgidae and Phylloxeridae are in Phylloxeroidea. Tree of Life uses a scheme in which several aphid subfamilies are treated as families within the Aphidoidea.
Internet References
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Works Cited
1.Favret C. (2013) Aphid Species File. Version 5.0
2.SEL USDA Aphidoidea web page, by A.S. Jensen, G.L. Miller, & M.B. Stoetzel
3.Blackman R., Eastop V. (‒2023) Aphids on the world’s plants: An online identification and information guide
4.An update to the adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of America North of Mexico, with notes on intercepted species
Skvarla M.J., Halbert S.E., Foottit R.G., Jensen A.S., Maw E., Miller G.L. 2017. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 119: 90‒111 .
5.Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)
Contributed by Richard Leung on 11 March, 2005 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 31 May, 2023 - 6:21pm

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