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Checklist for Family Aphididae Latreille, 1802 (Aphids)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
106
578
921
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
90
544
892
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Sternorrhyncha
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Aphids, Coccids, Jumping Plant Lice, Mealybugs, Psyllids
17
71
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aphidomorpha
Becker-Migdisova & Aizenberg, 1962
2
24
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Aphidoidea
Latreille, 1802
Greenflies, Root Aphids
1
22
26
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAphididae
Latreille, 1802
Aphids, Blackflies, Greenflies, Plantlice, Whiteflies
22
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
22 Genera with 26 Species
#ABCEHMNOPRS
Acyrthosiphon Mordwilko, 1776Lucerne aphids1SpeciesTaxom
Aphis Linnaeus, 1841Aphids2SpeciesTaxom
Baizongiella Blanchard, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Brevicoryne Das, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Capitophorus Van Der Goot, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Chaitophorus Koch, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Cinara Curtis, 1954Conifer aphids1SpeciesTaxom
Eriosoma Leach, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Euceraphis Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Hyperomyzus Börner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Macrosiphum Passerini, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Metopolophium Mordvilko, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Myzus Passerini, 17763SpeciesTaxom
Nasonovia Mordvilko, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Nearctaphis Shaposhnikov, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Ovatus Van Der Goot, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Pemphigus Hartig, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Protrama Baker, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosiphum Koch, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Schizaphis Börner, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Shivaphis Das, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Sitobion Mordvilko, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) pisum (Harris, 1776)⇒ Acyrthosiphon porrifolii Börner, 1950
Aphis (Aphis) fabae (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Aphis fluviatilis eryngii Blanchard, 1923
Aphis (Aphis) nerii (Boyer de Fon..., 1841)⇒ Aphis fluviatilis Bozhko, 1976
Baizongiella solanophila (Blanchard, 1944)⇒ Pemphigus populitransversus Riley, C.V., 1879
Brevicoryne brassicae Linnaeus, 1758Cabbage Aphid
Capitophorus elaeagni Del Guercio, 1894Artichoke Aphid
Chaitophorus populifolii Essig, 1912
Cinara (Cinara) nimbata Hottes, 1954
Eriosoma (Eriosoma) lanigerum Hausmann, 1802American blight
Eriosoma americanum Riley, C.V., 1879Elm leaf curl aphid
Euceraphis gillettei Davidson, 1915
Hyperomyzus (Hyperomyzus) lactucae Linnaeus, 1758Aphid
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) euphorbiae Thomas, 1878Pink and green potato aphid
Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum (Walker, 1849)⇒ Metopolophium festucae festucae Theobald, 1917
Myzus (Myzus) lythri Schrank, 1801Aphid
Myzus (Nectarosiphon) ascalonicus Doncaster, 1946Puecron de l'échalote
Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae (Sulzer, 1776)⇒ Brachycaudus persicae Passerini, 1860
Nasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigri Mosley, 1841CLA
Nearctaphis sensoriata Gillette & B..., 1918
Ovatus (Ovatus) crataegarius (Walker, 1850)⇒ Ovatus malicolens Hori, 1929
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) bursarius Linnaeus, 1758Lettuce aphid
Protrama longitarsus longitarsus Ferrari, 1872
Rhopalosiphum padi Linnaeus, 1758Apple bud aphid
Schizaphis (Schizaphis) graminum (Rondani, 1847)⇒ Schizaphis mehijiwae Uye, 1924
Shivaphis (Shivaphis) celti Das, 1918Asian Woolly Hackberry Aphid
Sitobion (Sitobion) avenae Fabricius, 1775English grain aphid

Subnodes of Aphididae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyAphidinae
Latreille, 1802
14
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCalaphidinae
Oestlund, 1919
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChaitophorinae
Mordvilko, 1908
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEriosomatinae
Kirkaldy, 1905
Gall-making aphids, Woolly aphids, Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLachninae
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1854
Giant Aphids
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Aphididae at artfakta.se
Aphididae at dyntaxa.se
Aphididae at gbif.org
Aphididae at irmng.org
Aphididae at itis.gov
Aphididae at marinespecies.org