Schizaphis rotundiventris

Oil Palm Aphid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Schizaphis
Species: S. rotundiventris
Binomial name
Schizaphis rotundiventris
(Signoret 1860)
Synonyms
  • Schizaphis cyperi (van der Goot, 1917)
  • Toxoptera cyperi van der Goot, 1917

The Oil Palm Aphid (Schizaphis rotundiventris),[1][2][3] also known as Schizaphis (Schizaphis) rotundiventris, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera.[4][5] It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.[6]

References

  1. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. Remaudière, G. & M. Remaudière (1997) , Catalogue of the World’s Aphididae, INRA, Paris 473 pp
  3. van Harten & Ilharco (1976[1975]) A further contribution to the aphid fauns of Angola, including the description of a new genus and species (Homoptera, Aphidoidea), Agronomia Lusitana 37(1):13-35
  4. Miyazaki (1988) Schizaphis (Homoptera, Aphididae) of Japan with descriptions of two new species, Kontyû 56(1):21-34
  5. Robinson (1972) Annotated list of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) collected in Thailand, with description of a new genus and species, Canadian Entomologist 104:603-608
  6. van der Goot (1917) Zur Kenntnis der Blattläuse Javas, Contributions à la faune des Indes Néerlandaises 1(3):1-301
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