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