Drepanosiphinae

Drepanosiphinae is a subfamily of aphids in the family Aphididae. There are about 13 genera, 8 of which are extinct, and more than 60 described species in Drepanosiphinae.[1]

Drepanosiphinae
Aphid, probably Drepanosiphum platanoidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Subfamily: Drepanosiphinae
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1857
Drepanosiphum platanoidis, Common sycamore aphid

While a few authors have suggested treating the group as a family, this has not been adopted in the most recent classifications.[2]

Genera

These 13 genera belong to the subfamily Drepanosiphinae:

  • Drepanaphis Del Guercio, 1909
  • Drepanosiphoniella Davatchi, Hille Ris Lambers & Remaudière, 1957
  • Drepanosiphum Koch, 1855
  • Shenahweum Hottes & Frison, 1931
  • Yamatocallis Matsumura, 1917
  • † Aphidopsis Scudder, 1890
  • † Electrocallis Heie, 1967
  • † Fossilicallis Heie, 2002
  • † Hongocallis Wegierek, 2010
  • † Megantennaphis Heie, 1967
  • † Similidrepan Heie, 2006
  • † Siphonophoroides Buckton, 1883
  • † Zymus Heie, 1972

References
  1. Favret, Colin (2019). "subfamily Drepanosiphinae Herrich-Schaeffer, 1857". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  2. Heie, O. E.; Wegierek, P. (2009). "A classification of the Aphidomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) under consideration of the fossil taxa". Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aphids, Catania, Italy, 8-12 June 2009 (PDF). REDIA, volume 92. Agricultural Research Council, Research Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology.


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