Prociphilus

Prociphilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Subfamily:	Eriosomatinae
Tribe:
Genus:	Prociphilus; Koch, 1857

Prociphilus is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.

There are around 50 species in this genus.^[1]

The appearance of is often said to presage the first snowfall in Hokkaido and Tohoku. is commonly called yukimushi (雪虫), literally translating to "snow bug", in Japan.^[2]

Species[]

These species belong to the genus Prociphilus:^[1]

(Walker, 1852)
(Matsumura, 1917)
Zhang & Qiao, 1997
(Cholodkovsky, 1920)
(Schrank, 1801)^[3]
Smith, 1969
(Fitch, 1856)
Tao, 1970
Okamoto & Takahashi, 1927
Singh, Das & Raychaudhuri, 1977
(Sirrine, 1894)
Shinji, 1922
(Smith, 1969)
Zhang, 1981
Zhang, 1997
(Thomas, 1879)
Takahashi, 1935
(Fabricius, 1777)^[3]
(Riley, 1879)
Zhang & Zhang, 1993
Hille Ris Lambers, 1973
Chakrabarti, 1976
Hori, 1938
Monzen, 1927
Shinji, 1941
(Tseng & Tao, 1938)
Smith, 1974
Shinji, 1943
Remaudière & Muñoz Viveros, 1985
Hille Ris Lambers, 1933
(Leach, 1826)
Mordvilko, 1935
Essig & Kuwana, 1918
Smith, 1974
(Smith, 1969)
(Burmeister, 1835)
Smith, 1969
Sanborn, 1904
Monzen, 1927
(Shinji, 1922)
(Ghosh, Chakrabarti, Chowdhuri & Raychaudhuri, 1969)
Prociphilus tessellatus (Fitch, 1851) (woolly alder aphid)
Zhang, 1997
Shinji, 1924
(Rudow, 1875)
(De Geer, 1773)

In popular culture[]

A list of depictions of genus Prociphilus in popular culture:

In Aria the Animation, a larger-than-normal variant of the "snow bug" is depicted as living on Aqua (formerly Mars).

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Favret, Colin (2020). "genus Prociphilus Koch, 1857". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ 世界大百科事典内言及. "シーラッコ(しーらっこ)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Preston Montford: FSC Publications. pp. 117 & 425. ISBN 978 1 85153 284 1.

External links[]

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[Favret2020-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Favret, Colin (2020). "genus Prociphilus Koch, 1857". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[kotobank-2] 世界大百科事典内言及. "シーラッコ(しーらっこ)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-26.

[redfern2011-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Preston Montford: FSC Publications. pp. 117 & 425. ISBN 978 1 85153 284 1.

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