''Rhopalosiphum'' is a genus of
aphid
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A t ...
of the family
Aphididae
The Aphididae are a very large insect family in the aphid superfamily ( Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. These insects suck the sap from plant leaves. Several thousand species are placed in this family, many of which are considered plant/cro ...
that includes 16 species worldwide.
Apart from sucking the phloem of host plants and thereby being treated in agriculture as
pests
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, some species are
vectors for
viral pathogens.
Species
Species include:
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Rhopalosiphum arundinariae''
( A. N. Tissot, 1933)
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Rhopalosiphum cerasifoliae''
( Fitch, 1855)
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Rhopalosiphum chusqueae''
(Pérez Hidalgo & Villalobos Muller, 2012)
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Rhopalosiphum enigmae''
( F. C. Hottes and T. H. Frison, 1931)
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Rhopalosiphum insertum''
(Walker
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* ...
, 1849) - apple-grass aphid
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Rhopalosiphum maidis
''Rhopalosiphum maidis'', common names corn leaf aphid and corn aphid, is an insect, and a pest of maize and other crops. It has a nearly worldwide distribution and is typically found in agricultural fields, grasslands, and forest-grassland zon ...
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( Fitch, 1856) - corn leaf aphid
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Rhopalosiphum musae''
( Schouteden, 1906)
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Rhopalosiphum nigrum''
(Richards, 1960)
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Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1761) - water lily or plum aphid
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Rhopalosiphum padi
Bird cherry-oat aphid (''Rhopalosiphum padi'') is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. It is considered a major pest in cereal crops, especially in temperate regions, as well ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) - bird cherry-oat aphid
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Rhopalosiphum padiformis''
(Richards, 1962)
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Rhopalosiphum parvae''
(Hottes and Frison, 1931)
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Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale
''Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale'', the rice root aphid or red rice root aphid, is a sap-sucking insect pest with a wide host range and a global distribution. As a member of the superfamily Aphidoidea, it is one of 16 species of the genus '' Rhopal ...
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(Sasaki, 1899) - rice root aphid
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Rhopalosiphum rufulum''
(Richards, 1960)
References
External links
Bird Cherry-Oat Aphid, Kansas State University, July 2008
Aphidini
Sternorrhyncha genera
Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch
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