Aphis

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Aphis
Soybeanaphid.jpg
Soybean aphid
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Tribe: Aphidini
Genus: Aphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
at least 600 species

Aphis is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids.[1] It includes many notorious agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid Aphis glycines. Many species of Aphis, such as and A. fabae, are myrmecophiles, forming close associations with ants.[2]

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  1. ^ Aphid Research Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  2. ^ Altfeld, L.; Stiling, P. (2006). "Argentine ants strongly affect some but not all common insects on Baccharis halimifolia". Environmental Entomology. 35 (1): 31–36. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.31. S2CID 85849541.

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