Aphis
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Aphis sambuci colony
See also: aphis
Translingual
Etymology
Coined by Linnaeus in 1758 from an unclear source, perhaps Ancient Greek ἀφειδής (apheidḗs, “unsparing, lavishly borrowed”) (in reference to their eating habits).
Proper noun
Aphis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Aphididae – typical aphids.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Aphididae – Aphis (Aphis).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Sternorrhyncha - suborder; Aphidoidea - superfamily; Aphididae - family; Aphidinae - subfamily; Aphidini - tribe; Aphidina - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aphis (Aphis), Aphis (Bursaphis), Aphis (Maculaphis), Aphis (Pseudoprotaphis), Aphis (Zyxaphis) - subgenera
- Aphis sambuci - type species; Aphis affinis), Aphis asclepiadis (milkweed aphid), Aphis craccae (tufted vetch aphid), Aphis craccivora (cowpea aphid), Aphis fabae (black bean aphid), Aphis genistae, Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid), Aphis glycines (soybean aphid), Aphis helianthi (sunflower aphid), Aphis nerii (oleander aphid), Aphis pomi (apple aphid), Aphis rubicola (small raspberry aphid), Aphis spiraecola (spirea aphid, syn. Aphis citricola, citrus aphid), Aphis valerianae (black valerian aphid) - selected other species
References
Aphis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Aphis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Aphis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Aphis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Aphis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Aphis at Paleobiology Database
