Aphididae
D. G. Pfeiffer
Department of Entomology
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061-0319
Updated 25 March 1999
I. Subamilies of Aphididae:
- Pemphiginae (3 tribes)
- antennae short, 5-6-segmented
- wax gland pores often grouped in large plates
- cornicles merely pores or absent
- cauda broadly rounded
- Hormaphidinae (3 tribes)
- antennae short, 3-5-segmented
frons often with pair of horn-like processes
- cornicles merely pores or absent
- cauda knobbed and anal plate bilobed
- Phloeomyzinae
- Thelaxinae
- Anoeciinae
- antennae of medium length, usually 6-segmented
- cornicles are low, small cones
- cauda rounded
- Mindarinae
- Drepanosiphinae (2 tribes)
- cornicles often truncate, sometimes ring-like
- cauda variable, often knobbed
- Chaitophorinae
- antennae 5-6-segmented
- cornicles either broadly rounded or knobbed
- Greenideinae (2 tribes)
- antennae 5-6 segmented
- cornicles either tubular or conical, bearing many hairs
- Cauda either broadly rounded or triangular, never tongue-shaped or knobbed
- Aphidinae (3 tribes)
- antennae long, usually 6-segmented
- cornicles usually tubular
- cauda usually tongue-shaped, never knobbed
- Lachninae
- antennae 6-segmented
- cornicles either broad hairy cones or sclerotized rings
- cauda broadly rounded
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