''Aphis'' is a genus of insects in the family
Aphididae containing at least 600 species of
aphids. It includes many notorious
agricultural pests, such as the
soybean aphid
The soybean aphid (''Aphis glycines'') is an insect pest of soybean (''Glycine max'') that is exotic to North America. The soybean aphid is native to Asia. It has been described as a common pest of soybeans in China and as an occasional pest of ...
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Aphis glycines
The soybean aphid (''Aphis glycines'') is an insect pest of soybean ('' Glycine max'') that is exotic to North America. The soybean aphid is native to Asia. It has been described as a common pest of soybeans in China and as an occasional pest of ...
''. Many species of ''Aphis'', such as ''
A. coreopsidis'' and ''
A. fabae'', are
myrmecophile
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s, forming close associations with
ants.
Selected Species
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Aphis affinis
''Aphis affinis'' is an aphid of the Family (biology), family Aphididae. The species was described by Giacomo del Guercio in 1911. It is found in southern Europe, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Ladybird predator species of ''A. affi ...
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Aphis asclepiadis
''Aphis'' is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids. It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid ''Aphis glycines''. Many species of ''Aphis'', such as '' A. coreopsid ...
'' — milkweed aphid
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Aphis craccae'' — tufted vetch aphid
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Aphis craccivora
''Aphis craccivora'', variously known as the cowpea aphid, groundnut aphid or black legume aphid, is a true bug in the family ''Aphididae''. Originally of probable Palearctic origin, it is now an invasive species of cosmopolitan distribution. ...
'' — cowpea aphid
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Aphis fabae
The black bean aphid (''Aphis fabae'') is a small black insect in the genus ''Aphis'', with a broad, soft body, a member of the order Hemiptera. Other common names include blackfly, bean aphid, and beet leaf aphid. In the warmer months of the ye ...
'' — black bean aphid
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Aphis genistae
''Aphis genistae'' is an aphid of the Family (biology), family Aphididae.
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe eastward to Ukraine and Turkey, and in the Nearctic realm (it has been introduced to North America).
Description
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Aphis gossypii
''Aphis gossypii'' is a tiny insect, an aphid ("greenfly") in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. It is a widely distributed pest of a variety of agricultural crops in the families Cucu ...
'' — cotton aphid
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Aphis glycines
The soybean aphid (''Aphis glycines'') is an insect pest of soybean ('' Glycine max'') that is exotic to North America. The soybean aphid is native to Asia. It has been described as a common pest of soybeans in China and as an occasional pest of ...
'' — soybean aphid
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Aphis helianthi
''Aphis'' is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids. It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid '' Aphis glycines''. Many species of ''Aphis'', such as '' A. coreopsidis ...
'' — sunflower aphid
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Aphis nerii
''Aphis nerii'' is an aphid of the Family (biology), family Aphididae. Its common names include oleander aphid, milkweed aphid, sweet pepper aphid, and nerium aphid.
Distribution
The oleander aphid is widespread in regions with tropical and Med ...
'' — oleander aphid
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Aphis pomi
''Aphis pomi'', commonly known as the apple aphid (the literal meaning of its binomial name), or the green apple aphid, is a true bug in the family Aphididae. It is found on young growth of apple trees and on other members of the rose family wher ...
'' — apple aphid
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Aphis rubicola
''Aphis'' is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphid
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individua ...
'' — small raspberry aphid
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Aphis spiraecola
''Aphis spiraecola'' is a species of aphid described in 1914 by Edith Marion Patch. Its common names include green citrus aphid, Spirea aphid, and apple aphid. It is distributed worldwide, and is most abundant in the United States. It has a dip ...
'' — spirea aphid (syn. ''Aphis citricola'' — citrus aphid)
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Aphis valerianae'' — black
valerian aphid
See also
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List of Aphis species
Photos
Image:Aphis citricola1.jpg, '' Aphis citricola''
Image:Aphis fabae STEREO, 0050x.JPG, ''Aphis fabae
The black bean aphid (''Aphis fabae'') is a small black insect in the genus ''Aphis'', with a broad, soft body, a member of the order Hemiptera. Other common names include blackfly, bean aphid, and beet leaf aphid. In the warmer months of the ye ...
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Image:Aphis.sambuci.jpg, ''Aphis sambuci
''Aphis'' is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids. It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid '' Aphis glycines''. Many species of ''Aphis'', such as '' A. coreopsidis ...
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File:Aphids_on_Helleborus_niger.jpg, ''Aphis sp.'' on ''Helleborus niger
''Helleborus niger'', commonly called Christmas rose or black hellebore, is an evergreen perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It is poisonous.
Although the flowers resemble wild roses (and despite its common nam ...
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Image:Aphis.sambuci.colony.jpg, ''Aphis sambuci
''Aphis'' is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids. It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid '' Aphis glycines''. Many species of ''Aphis'', such as '' A. coreopsidis ...
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References
External links
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Bugguide.net. Genus ''Aphis''Key to ''Aphis'' of the midwestern US
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Sternorrhyncha genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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