Drepanosiphinae

Drepanosiphinae
Aphid, probably Drepanosiphum platanoidis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Subfamily: Drepanosiphinae
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1857
Drepanosiphum platanoidis, Common sycamore aphid

Drepanosiphinae is a subfamily of aphids in the family Aphididae. There are about 13 genera, 8 of which are extinct, and more than 60 described species in Drepanosiphinae.

While a few authors have suggested treating the group as a family, this has not been adopted in the most recent classifications.

Genera

These 13 genera belong to the subfamily Drepanosiphinae:

References

  1. ↑ Favret, Colin (2019). "subfamily Drepanosiphinae Herrich-Schaeffer, 1857". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  2. ↑ Heie, O. E.; Wegierek, P. (2009). "A classification of the Aphidomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) under consideration of the fossil taxa". Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aphids, Catania, Italy, 8-12 June 2009 (PDF). REDIA, volume 92. Agricultural Research Council, Research Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology.