APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
APHIDINAE
a subfamily of aphids
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 		Subfamily 5 subtaxa 4 images 9 ident. refs
CALAPHIDINAE
a subfamily of aphids
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
CHAITOPHORINAE
hairy aphids
Subfamily 2 ident. refs
DREPANOSIPHINAE
a subfamily of aphids
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Elatobium abietinum
Green Spruce Aphid
Species 2 ident. refs
HORMAPHIDINAE
a subfamily of aphids
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
LACHNINAE
a subfamily of aphids
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
MINDARINAE
a subfamily of aphids
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Panaphis juglandis
Large Walnut Aphid
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 		Species 16 images
Pemphigus
a genus of galling aphids
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 51 images
PHYLLAPHIDINAE
a subfamily of aphids
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Phyllaphis fagi
Beech Aphid
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 		Species 6 images
Prociphilus
a genus of aphids
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
SALTUSAPHIDINAE
a subfamily of aphids
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Tetraneura ulmi
Fig Gall
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 		Species 5 images
Uroleucon
a genus of aphids
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 16 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. Aphids on the World’s Plants www.aphidsonworldsplants.info/
Buckton, G.B. 1879 *** Monograph of the British Aphides ***(Superseded) 4 volumes, The Ray Society, London
Dixon, T. & Thieme, A. 2007 Aphids on Deciduous Trees Naturalists' Handbooks, No. 29, 138pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Dransfield, B. & Brightwell, B. Aphid identification www.influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Aphid_genera.htm
Heie, O.E. 1995 The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Volume 6. Family Aphididae: Part 3 of Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae, and family Lachnidae Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 31, 222pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Theobald, F.V. 1929 *** The Plant Lice orAphididae of Great Britain ***(Superseded) 372+?+364pp, Headley Brothers

Drepanosiphidae

() Heie, O.E. 1982 The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Volume 2. Family Drepanosiphidae Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 11, 176pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

Pterocommatinae

Heie, O.E. 1986 The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Volume 3. Family Aphididae: Subfamily Pterocommatinae and Tribe Aphidini of Subfamily Aphidinae Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 17, 314pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.

APHIDIDAE (greenfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for APHIDIDAE (greenfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 794 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for APHIDIDAE (greenfly)
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