Tetraneura nigriabdominalis

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]

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

References
  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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