Aphidinae is an
aphid subfamily in the family
Aphididae.
Many
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of aphids spread
potyvirus
''Potyvirus'' is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses in the family ''Potyviridae''. Plants serve as natural hosts. The genus is named after member virus ''potato virus Y''. Potyviruses account for about thirty percent of the currently known ...
es and most are from the subfamily Aphidinae (genera ''
Macrosiphum
''Macrosiphum'' is a genus of aphid. During the summer populations are made of parthenogenetic females. In the fall, males and females are produced; they mate and females lay eggs that overwinter. There are over 160 spp. in 3 subgenera.
Speci ...
'' and ''
Myzus
''Myzus'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Aphididae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in app ...
''). Most have alternative hosts, the primary host plant is usually a tree, and the secondary one is herbaceous.
See also
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List of Aphidinae genera
These 283 genera belong to Aphidinae, a subfamily of aphids in the family Aphididae. There are at least 3,200 described species in Aphidinae.
Aphidinae genera
* '' Abstrusomyzus'' Jensen & Stoetzel, 1999
* '' Acaudella'' Nevsky, 1929
* '' Acaudi ...
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References
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Hemiptera subfamilies
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