Rhopalosiphum Koch, 1854
(a genus of aphids)

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Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusRhopalosiphum (a genus of aphids)
TribeAphidini (a tribe of aphids)
SubfamilyAPHIDINAE (a subfamily of aphids)
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)

Rhopalosiphum (a genus of aphids) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhopalosiphum (a genus of aphids)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhopalosiphum (a genus of aphids)
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