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| Sumac leaf gall, feeding site of Melaphis rhois | |
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| Genus: | Melaphis Walsh, 1867
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| Species: | M. rhois
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| Melaphis rhois Fitch, 1866
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Melaphis rhois is an aphid species first identified by Asa Fitch in 1866.[1] Known as the staghorn sumac aphid, it is the only species in the genus Melaphis.[2] It is a type of woolly aphid and one of the few aphids that induce the formation of galls.[3]: 758
- ^ Catalogue of Life citation
- ^ Colin Favret, et al, Aphid Species File, Accessed September 10, 2014
- ^ Paul D. N. Hebert, Terrie L. Finston and Robert Foottit, Patterns of genetic diversity in the sumac gall aphid, Melaphis rhois. 1991. Genome, 34: 757-762.