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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 » Aphidini » Aphidina » Aphis » Subgenus Aphis (Aphis Subgenus Aphis) » Elder Aphid (Aphis sambuci)

Species Aphis sambuci - Elder Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Aphidini
Subtribe Aphidina
Genus Aphis
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphis)
Species sambuci (Elder Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Aphis sambuci Linnaeus 1758
Size
apterae 2.0-3.5 mm
Range
throughout the northern continents
Life Cycle
normally alternates between elder (Sambucus nigra) in spring where it forms dense colonies, and the roots and root collars of various herbs, incl. Rumex and Silene spp.
Remarks
Introduced from Europe ca. 1847
Internet References
species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 27 February, 2010 - 8:28am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 31 May, 2023 - 9:28pm

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