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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

Genus Aphis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Gray aphid - Aphis Oleander Aphids - Aphis nerii Aphids - Aphis fabae - male - female Aphids on pepper plants (Aphis gossypii?) - Aphis Aphids - Aphis fabae Aphids - Aphis nerii Oncopeltus fasciatus /Milkweed Bug/Beetle - Aphis nerii Remarkably hard aphids - Aphis - male - female
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Brachysiphum
Explanation of Names
Author: Linnaeus 1758.
Remarks
Many are of economic importance, such as A. gossypii, the cotton aphid, A. glycine, the soybean aphid, A. maidiradicis, the corn root aphid, A. pomi, the apple aphid, etc.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Wikipedia
Aphids on World Plants
Influential Points
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.
Contributed by Cotinis on 25 August, 2004 - 7:48pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 5 February, 2018 - 12:17pm

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