Tetraneura akinire

Rice Root Aphid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Aphididae
Genus:	Tetraneura
Species:	T. nigriabdominalis
Binomial name
	Tetraneura nigriabdominalis; (Sasaki)
Synonyms
	Tetraneura argrimoniae; Tetraneura graminiradicis (Zhang, 1992); Tetraneura hirsuta (Baker, 1921); Tetraneura oryzae;

The Rice Root Aphid, (Tetraneura nigriabdominalis), also known as Tetraneura (Tetraneurella) nigriabdominalis, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Kuo MH, et al. "Temperature-dependent development and population growth of Tetraneura nigriabdominalis (Homoptera: Pemphigidae) on three host plants". J Econ Entomol. 99: 1209–13. doi:10.1603/0022-0493-99.4.1209. PMID 16937674.
^ Spela Modic. "TETRANEURA (TETRANEURELLA) NIGRIABDOMINALIS (SASAKI), GALL-FORMING APHID FOUND ON MAIZE ROOTS IN SLOVENIA". ResearchGate.

[1] Kuo MH, et al. "Temperature-dependent development and population growth of Tetraneura nigriabdominalis (Homoptera: Pemphigidae) on three host plants". J Econ Entomol. 99: 1209–13. doi:10.1603/0022-0493-99.4.1209. PMID 16937674.

[2] Spela Modic. "TETRANEURA (TETRANEURELLA) NIGRIABDOMINALIS (SASAKI), GALL-FORMING APHID FOUND ON MAIZE ROOTS IN SLOVENIA". ResearchGate.

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