| Pemphigus obesinymphae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Subfamily: | Eriosomatinae |
| Genus: | Pemphigus |
| Species: | P. obesinymphae
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| Binomial name | |
| Pemphigus obesinymphae Aoki & Moran, 1994
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Pemphigus obesinymphae is a species of gall-forming aphid. It creates galls on the leaves of Populus fremontii. [1] The species is the only North American aphid known to have soldiers, first instar nymphs that defend the colony. [2]
- ^ Aoki, Shigeyuki; Moran, Nancy A. (1994). "Pemphigus Obesinymphae, a New American Aphid Species with Defenders and Swollen Nymphs (Homoptera: Aphidoidea: Pemphigidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 102 (2). New York Entomological Society: 251–260. JSTOR 25010079. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ Abbot, Patrick; Withgott, James H.; Moran, Nancy A. (2001-10-10). "From the Cover: Genetic conflict and conditional altruism in social aphid colonies". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98 (21): 12068–12071. Bibcode:2001PNAS...9812068A. doi:10.1073/pnas.201212698. PMC 59768. PMID 11562469.