Lachnus

Lachnus is a genus of aphids and the name-bearing type genus of the subfamily Lachninae. It consists of about 20 species.[2]

Lachnus
L. roboris (Linnaeus, 1758) with Trifolium arvense, illustrated by John Curtis in British Entomology: (1) face; (2) labium; (3) labrum; (4) antennae; (6) foreleg; (9) wing; (F) female[1]
L. pseudonudus ♀ Kanturski & Wieczorek, 2014[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Subfamily:	Lachninae
Genus:	Lachnus Burmeister, 1835[3]
Type species
Aphis roboris[4] Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
About 20 species.[2]
Synonyms[5]
Dryaphis Amyot, 1847 Dryobius Koch, 1855 Pterochlorus Passerini, 1860 Schizodryobius van der Goot, 1913 Sublachnobius Heinze, 1962 Taeniolachnus Amyot, 1847

References

1. Curtis, John (1835). "Cinara roboris The clouded-winged Oak-louse". Homoptera. Hemiptera. Aphaniptera. British Entomology. 7. London: Richard and John E. TaylorPl. 576.
2. Kanturski, Mariusz; Wieczorek, Karina; Junkiert, Łukasz (2014). "A new oak-feeding species of Lachnus Burmeister and some remarks on the taxonomic status of L. chosoni Szelegiewicz (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Lachninae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 61 (1): 77–83. doi:10.3897/dez.61.7746.
3. Burmiester, Hermann (1835). "Gatt. Lachnus Illig.". Besondere Entomologie. Schnabelkerfe. Rhynchota. Handbuch der Entomologie. 2. Berlin: Theod. Chr. Fried. Enslin. pp. 91–93.
4. Hemming, Francis, ed. (1956). "Opinion 399. Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of a type species in harmony with accepted nomenclatural practice for the genera Lachnus Burmeister, 1835, and Cinara Curtis, 1835 (Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera)". Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 12 (22): 393–418.
5. "Genus Lachnus Burmeister, 1835". Aphid Species File. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

Further reading

• Binazzi, Andrea; Remaudière, Georges (2010). "The palaearctic-oriental fagaceae-feeding species of Lachnus Burmeister (Hemiptera Aphididae Lachninae)" (PDF). Redia. 93: 45–73.
• Mróz, Ewa; Trela, Joanna; Depa, Łukasz (2015). "Taxonomic analysis of Lachnus pallipes/longirostris–roboris complex (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Lachninae), with the redescription of sexual morphs and new synonymy". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 254: 51–61. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2014.11.002.