Aphis
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For other uses, see Aphis (disambiguation).
| Aphis | |
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| soybean aphid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Homoptera |
| Superfamily: | Aphidoidea |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Aphis Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species | |
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400+, see text |
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Aphis is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing about 400 species of aphids.[1] It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid A. glycines. Many Aphis, such as A. coreopsidis, are myrmecophiles, forming close associations with ants.[2]
Species include:
- Aphis craccivora - cowpea aphid
- Aphis fabae - black bean aphid
- Aphis gossypii - cotton aphid
- Aphis glycines - soybean aphid
- Aphis helianthi - sunflower aphid
- Aphis nerii - milkweed aphid
- Aphis pomi - apple aphid
- Aphis rubicola - small raspberry aphid
- Aphis spiraecola - spirea aphid
- Aphis valerianae - black valerian aphid
[edit] Photos
 Aphis sp. on Helleborus niger |
[edit] References
- ^ Aphid Research, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- ^ Altfeld, L. and P. Stiling. ( 2006). Argentine ants strongly affect some but not all common insects on Baccharis halimifolia Environmental Entomology 35:1 31-6.
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