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Family: Aphididae (aphids)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha > Hemiptera (bugs) > Sternorryncha > Aphidoidea

Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) tending aphids.

 

Publications

  • Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids On the World's Crops: An Identification and Information Guide. Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 466 pp. ISBN 0 471 85191 4.

  • Douglas, A.E. 1998. Nutritional interactions in insect-microbial symbioses: aphids and their symbiotic bacteria Buchnera. Annual Review of Entomology 43: 17-37.