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Genus Adelges

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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 Phylloxeroidea
Family Adelgidae
Genus Adelges
Explanation of Names
Adelges Vallot 1836
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(1), 11 total(2)
Works Cited
1.Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)
2.Favret C. (2013) Aphid Species File. Version 5.0
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 October, 2006 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 17 November, 2023 - 6:50pm

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