Aphis
Aphis is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids.[1] 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.[2]
| Aphis | |
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| Soybean aphid | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Tribe: | Aphidini |
| Genus: | Aphis Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 600 species | |
Selected Species
- Aphis affinis
- 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 - milkweed aphid
- Aphis pomi - apple aphid
- Aphis rubicola - small raspberry aphid
- Aphis spiraecola - spirea aphid
- Aphis valerianae - black valerian aphid
gollark: > If you dont want to risk getting infected stay home. If you are okay with the risk then go outThat's not really practical because, as I said, you need food and stuff.
gollark: > youll get into contact with the same number of people at the store regardless of whos out doing something elseBut a different number of them will have COVID-19 and might be able to infect you.
gollark: I guess if you could hibernate somehow...
gollark: Sadly, humans just don't have the surface area.
gollark: And you are less likely to be infected there if you have fewer people going out for nonessential reasons.
See also
Photos
Aphis citricola
Aphis fabae
Aphis sambuci
Aphis sp. on Helleborus niger
Aphis sambuci
References
- Aphid Research Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, 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.
External links
- Bugguide.net. Genus Aphis
- Key to Aphis of the midwestern US
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