Aphidomorpha

Aphidomorpha
Unidentified Aphidomorpha in Baltic amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder: Aphidomorpha
Bekker-Migdisova & Aizenberg, 1991
Superfamilies

Aphidomorpha[1] is an infraorder within the insect order Sternorrhyncha which includes the aphids and their allies in the superfamilies Adelgoidea, Phylloxeroidea and Aphidoidea. This group also includes numerous fossil taxa of uncertain placement, such as these other superfamilies Triassoaphidoidea, Genaphidoidea, Palaeoaphidoidea, and Tajmyraphidoidea.[2]

The treatment of the members in the group varies and the following variant treatments of the extant families can be found in literature.[3]

Aphidomorpha

Aphidoidea

Adelgoidea

Phylloxeroidea

Aphidomorpha
Aphidoidea

Aphididae

Adelgidae

Phylloxeridae

Aphidomorpha

Aphidoidea

Phylloxeroidea

Phylloxeridae

Adelgidae

  1. ^ Bekker-Migdisova & Aizenberg (1991) In Rohdendorf [Ed.]. Fundamentals of Paleontology. Volume 9: Arthropoda, Tracheata, Chelicerata 267.
  2. ^ Szwedo, Jacek; Nel, André (2011-12-01). "The Oldest Aphid Insect from the Middle Triassic of the Vosges, France". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (4). doi:10.4202/app.2010.0034. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ Sorensen, J.T. (2009). "Aphids". In Resh, Vincent H.; Cardé, R.T. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects (2 ed.). Academic Press. pp. 27–31.