Aphidomorpha

Aphidomorpha[1] is an infraorder within the insect order Sternorrhyncha which includes the aphids and their allies in the superfamilies Adelgoidea, Phylloxeroidea and Aphidoidea. This group also includes numerous fossil taxa of uncertain placement.

Aphidomorpha
Unidentified Aphidomorpha in Baltic amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Aphidomorpha Bekker-Migdisova & Aizenberg, 1991
Superfamilies
Adelgoidea Schouteden, 1909 Aphidoidea Latreille, 1802 †Genaphidoidea Handlirsch, 1908 †Lutevanaphidoidea Szwedo, Lapeyrie & Nel, 2014 †Naibioidea Shcherbakov, 2007 †Palaeoaphidoidea Richards, 1966 Phylloxeroidea Herrich-Schaeffer, 1854 †Tajmyraphidoidea Kononova, 1975 †Triassoaphidoidea Heie, 1999

The treatment of the members in the group varies and the following variant treatments of the extant families can be found in literature.[2]

Aphidomorpha   Aphidoidea     Adelgoidea     Phylloxeroidea     Aphidomorpha Aphidoidea   Aphididae     Adelgidae     Phylloxeridae       Aphidomorpha   Aphidoidea   Phylloxeroidea   Phylloxeridae     Adelgidae

References

1. Bekker-Migdisova & Aizenberg (1991) In Rohdendorf [Ed.]. Fundamentals of Paleontology. Volume 9: Arthropoda, Tracheata, Chelicerata 267.
2. Sorensen, J.T. (2009). "Aphids". In Resh, Vincent H.; Cardé, R.T. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects (2 ed.). Academic Press. pp. 27–31.

External links

• Aphid species file