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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 » Epameibaphis
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Epameibaphis? - Epameibaphis
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Epameibaphis? - Epameibaphis
CA-18 at Cactus Flat pullout, San Bernardino County, California, USA
February 27, 2021
Size: 1.0-1.5 mm
Beat from Artemisia, likely A. tridentata, and collected. An aptera (?) with a genital plate, right? Seems likely to be this genus? I was planning on making a slide mount soon.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 6 March, 2021 - 5:17pm
Last updated 9 March, 2021 - 6:42pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.

Yeah looks like an adult female, I think you are correct, that big dark plate is the genital plate, the anal plate must be in there somewhere but sometimes it can be much smaller in Apterae. The cauda does seem a pretty triangular, which is common in immature aphids, but perhaps that's just a characteristic of whatever species it is.

As far as I can tell it is not worth slide mounting for further ID. As mentioned, it is not a well studied genus.
… Natalie Hernandez, 9 March, 2021 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much -
Natalie! I'm looking forward to trying the "Hernandez protocol", I even purchased some insulin syringes - I'll slide mount the next one perhaps... :)
… Ken Schneider, 9 March, 2021 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Haha practice first!
I recommend you get a ton of "big" aphids to practice on, like Uroleucon. I have destroyed many Uroleucon learning to flush and teaching others to flush. It's pretty fun though.
… Natalie Hernandez, 9 March, 2021 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps -
not worth making a slide mount at the current time based on the comments here?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37772069
… Ken Schneider, 6 March, 2021 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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