Brevicoryne

Brevicoryne
	Brevicoryne brassicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Aphidomorpha
Superfamily:	Aphidoidea
Family:	Aphididae
Subfamily:	Aphidinae
Tribe:	Macrosiphini
Genus:	Brevicoryne; van der Goot, 1915
Species
	See text

Brevicoryne is a genus of aphid insect that contains many species which are agricultural pests.

Hosts[]

This genus parasitizes a wide range of hosts, with many members of the Brassicaceae (broccoli, cabbage, kale, etc.) included.

Adults[]

Adults are distinguished from the nymphs by their darker body. They may (alate) or may not exhibit wings.

Parasites[]

Many species of wasps parasitize the juvenile (nymph); injecting their eggs using their ovipositor creating 'mummies' (so called because of their desiccated appearance).

Species[]

Richards, 1963
Nevsky 1929
Brevicoryne brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, the cabbage aphid^[1]
Bozhko, 1950
Bozhko, 1953
Strom, 1938
Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, 1999
Mukh & Akhm, 1980^[2]
Hodjat, 1981
Narzikulov, 1957^[3]

Notes[]

^ "Brevicoryne" at the Encyclopedia of Life
^ Mukhamediev, A. A. & Akhmedov, M. Kh. (1980). (Мухамедиев, Алишер Аулиянович & Ахмедов, М.Х.). "New species of Lonicera aphids (Homoptera, Aphidinea) from Central Asia". Доклады Академии наук Узбекской ССР (Reports of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan SSR) (in Russian).
^ Нарзикулов М.Н. Новые виды тлей /Homoptera, Aphididae/ из горного Таджикистана//Энтомологическое обозрение. 1957. Т. 36. № 3. С. 671–694. Narzikulov, M. N. (1957). "New species of aphids (Homoptera, Aphididae) from the mountains of Tajikistan". Entomological Review. 36 (3): 671–694. ISSN 0367-1445.

Sources[]

"Brevicoryne brassicae (linnaeus)". EXTension ENTOmology & UH-CTAHR Integrated Pest Management Program, University of Hawaii.
Zhang, G.; Chen, X.; Zhong, T. & Li, J. (1999). Zhang, Guangxue; et al. (eds.). Aphididae. Fauna of Agricultural and Forestry Aphids of Northwest, China: Insecta Homoptera Aphidinea (in Chinese). Beijing: China Environmental Sciences Press. pp. 273–508. ISBN 978-7-80135-635-2.

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[1] "Brevicoryne" at the Encyclopedia of Life

[2] Mukhamediev, A. A. & Akhmedov, M. Kh. (1980). (Мухамедиев, Алишер Аулиянович & Ахмедов, М.Х.). "New species of Lonicera aphids (Homoptera, Aphidinea) from Central Asia". Доклады Академии наук Узбекской ССР (Reports of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan SSR) (in Russian).

[3] Нарзикулов М.Н. Новые виды тлей /Homoptera, Aphididae/ из горного Таджикистана//Энтомологическое обозрение. 1957. Т. 36. № 3. С. 671–694. Narzikulov, M. N. (1957). "New species of aphids (Homoptera, Aphididae) from the mountains of Tajikistan". Entomological Review. 36 (3): 671–694. ISSN 0367-1445.

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