Subfamily Calaphidinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited

Drepanaphis aphid. ?? - Tuberculatus pallidus

common milkweed aphid - Myzocallis asclepiadis

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 Calaphidinae

Explanation of Names

Calaphidinae Oestlund 1919

Numbers

~520 spp. in ~90 genera of 8 tribes total(1)

Remarks

Andy Jensen on BG images of birch-feeding aphids (2.v.2010): "Tree aphids are not my strongest area, but I have collected off Betulaceae enough to know that what I think might be Euceraphis often turns out to be Calaphis when seen mounted on slides. I have little experience with them in the field, and cannot confidently recognize the genera from photos. I think some of the fuzzy-legged things in your photos are Calaphis. So, my recommendation is to not put a genus name on many of them in any confident way."

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 October, 2009 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 September, 2023 - 9:56pm

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