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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) » Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids (Eriosomatinae) » Fordini » Melaphis » Sumac Gall Aphid (Melaphis rhois)

Species Melaphis rhois - Sumac Gall Aphid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Large gall on sumac (Rhus) - Melaphis rhois Sumac Gall Aphids - Melaphis rhois Sumac Gall - Melaphis rhois Paired aphid galls on [i]Rhus glabra[/i] - Melaphis rhois Galls - Melaphis rhois Sumac Gall Aphids - Melaphis rhois Sumac Gall Aphid - Melaphis rhois Sumac Gall Aphids - Melaphis rhois
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 Eriosomatinae (Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids)
Tribe Fordini
Genus Melaphis
Species rhois (Sumac Gall Aphid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Byrsocrypta rhois Fitch, 1866
Food
Sumac, Rhus spp.
Life Cycle
At the end of summer winged females move to the alternate host, mosses.
Remarks
It causes no significant damage to the host plants.
Internet References
Species page at Aphid Species File
EoL
Genome. Patterns of genetic diversity in the sumac gall aphid, Melaphis rhois
Wikipedia
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 October, 2009 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 13 May, 2016 - 6:09pm

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