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Subfamily Hormaphidinae - Witch Hazel Gall Aphids and Palm Aphids

aphids/scale on birch - Hamamelistes spinosus - male - female Gall bottom - Hormaphis hamamelidis Gall IMG_1248 - Hormaphis hamamelidis Gall IMG_1248 - Hormaphis hamamelidis Spiny Witch-hazel Gall - Hamamelistes Aphids/Scales, Ants, and Parasitic Wasp - Hamamelistes spinosus witch hazel gall - Hormaphis Spiny Witch-Hazel Gall Aphid - Hamamelistes spinosus
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 Hormaphidinae (Witch Hazel Gall Aphids and Palm Aphids)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Treated as family Hormaphididae at Tree of Life.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 October, 2009 - 8:10pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 December, 2009 - 5:10pm

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