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| Aphis | |
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| Soybean aphid | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Tribe: | Aphidini |
| Genus: | Aphis Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Aphis sambuci[1] Linnaeus, 1758
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| Diversity | |
| at least 600 species | |
Aphis is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids.[2] It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid Aphis glycines. Many species of Aphis, such as A. coreopsidis and A. fabae, are myrmecophiles, forming close associations with ants.[3]
Selected Species
[edit]- Aphis affinis
- Aphis asclepiadis — milkweed aphid
- Aphis craccae — tufted vetch aphid
- Aphis craccivora — cowpea aphid
- Aphis fabae — black bean aphid
- Aphis genistae
- Aphis gossypii — cotton aphid
- Aphis glycines — soybean aphid
- Aphis helianthi — sunflower aphid
- Aphis nerii — oleander aphid
- Aphis pomi — apple aphid
- Aphis rubicola — small raspberry aphid
- Aphis rumicis - black aphid
- Aphis spiraecola — spirea aphid (syn. Aphis citricola — citrus aphid)
- Aphis valerianae — black valerian aphid
See also
[edit]Photos and videos
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Aphis sp. on Helleborus niger -
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Milkweed aphids giving live birth on narrow leaf milkweed. Speeded up twenty times
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A European paper wasp preying on Milkweed aphids which are on narrow leaf milkweed. Most scenes are repeated at one-fourth speed.
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Milkweed aphids on narrow-leaf milkweed eliminating honeydew. Unlike some aphids, these kick the drop away with their leg
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A milkweed aphid on narrow-leaf milkweed is attacked by a hoverfly larvae. It thrashs and release pheromones and sticky wax from its cornicles. Nearby aphids flee. Video played at 4X speed
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A milkweed aphid pushes the sticky wax drop from its cornicle against an attacking parasitic wasp, extruding another drop. Two scenes at one-tenth speed. A different aphid has captured a wasp
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Hoverfly larva on narrow-leaf milkweed with milkweed aphids, ladybird eggs, and larva. After first minute, shown at four times speed. Larva recorded in early morning prior to sunrise
References
[edit]- ^ Remaudière, G.; Remaudière, M. (1997). Catalogue of the World's Aphididae. Techniques et pratiques. Paris: INRA. ISBN 2-7380-0714-7.
- ^ Aphid Research Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- ^ Altfeld, L.; Stiling, P. (2006). "Argentine ants strongly affect some but not all common insects on Baccharis halimifolia". Environmental Entomology. 35 (1): 31–36. Bibcode:2006EnvEn..35...31A. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.31. S2CID 85849541.
External links
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Media related to Aphis at Wikimedia Commons- Bugguide.net. Genus Aphis
- Key to Aphis of the midwestern US
- Coeur d'Acier A, Cruaud A, Artige E, Genson G, Clamens AL, Pierre E, Hudaverdian S, Simon JC, Jousselin E, Rasplus JY (2014). "DNA barcoding and the associated PhylAphidB@se website for the identification of European aphids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)". PLOS ONE. 9 (6) e97620. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...997620C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097620. PMC 4045754. PMID 24896814.
- "Aphid Ecology, Molecular Identifications and Systematics Database". PhylAphidB@se. INRAe. Archived from the original on 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- Blackman, R.L.; Eastop, Victor F. (2008). Aphids on the World's Herbaceous Plants and Shrubs. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-51959-2.
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