Genus Macrosiphum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Aphid on Salvia apiana - Macrosiphum salviae

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

Family Aphididae (Aphids)

Subfamily Aphidinae

Tribe Macrosiphini

Genus Macrosiphum

Explanation of Names

Macrosiphum Passerini 1860

Numbers

~60 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area(1), ca. 140 spp. in 3 subgenera (all but 8 spp. the nominate subgenus) worldwide(2)

Life Cycle

There are a number of generations of parthenogenetic females, most are wingless but when conditions become overcrowded winged aphids are produced that may migrate to other hosts. At the end of summer or in the fall males and females are produced, they mate and eggs are laid. Eggs overwinter.

1. Population which includes nymphs, and wingless and winged adults. 2. Parthenogenetic female giving birth. 3. Wingless adult and recently laid eggs. 4. Overwintering eggs.

Print References

Jensen, A.S. 2015. Two new species of Macrosiphum Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Western North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 117(4): 481-494.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Favret C. (2013) Aphid Species File. Version 5.0

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 14 January, 2009 - 11:49am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 3 May, 2017 - 10:11pm

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