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Chaitophorus leucomelas Koch, 1854

Nomenclature (111)

  • Chaitophorus leucomelas Koch, 1854: 4.
  • Chaitophorus versicolor Koch, 1854: 10.
  • Chaitophorus populi (unavailable or invalid, linked to Chaitophorus leucomelas Koch, 1854)
  • Chaitophorus versicolor (unavailable or invalid, linked to Chaitophorus leucomelas Koch, 1854)

Nomenclature references (78)

  • Koch, C.L. (1854) Die Pflanzenläuse Aphiden getreu nach dem Leben abgebildet und beschrieben. J.L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Vol. 1, 1–36 pp. [in German]
  • Walker, F. (1858) List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Vol. Supplement. Edward Newman, London, 307 pp.
  • Passerini, G. (1860) Gli afidi con un prospetto dei generi ed alcune specie nuove Italiane. Tipografia Carmignani, Parma, Italy, 40 pp.
  • Passerini, G. (1861) Additamenta ad indicem aphidinarum quas hucusque in Italia legit. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 3, 398–401.
  • Passerini, G. (1863) Aphididae Italicae hucusque observatae. Archivio per la Zoologia, 2(2), 129–212.
  • Walker, F. (1868) Notes on Aphides. The Zoologist, 3(July), 1296–1301.
  • Ferrari, P.M. (1872) Aphididae Liguriae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 2, 49–85. [in Italian] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10273734
  • Ferrari, P.M. (1872) Species aphidiarum hucusque in Liguria lectas. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 3, 209–236.
  • Buckton, G.B. (1879) Monograph of British Aphides. The Ray Society, London, Vol. 2, 176 pp. [in English]
  • Macchiati, L. (1882) Specie di Afidi che vivono nelle piante della Sardegna settentrionale, con qualche nozione sul polimorfismo di detti insetti. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 14(3-4), 331–337.
  • Cholodkovsky, N.A. (1898) Explanatory Catalog of the Aphid Collection (Aphidae). Zoological Cabinet of St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, 24 pp.
  • Del Guercio, G. (1900) Prospetto dell'afidofauna italica. Nuove Relazioni Intorno ai Lavori della Regia Stazione di Entomologia Agraria di Firenze. Serie Prima, 2, 1–236. [in Italian]
  • Schouteden, H. (1900) Catalogue raisonné des pucerons de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 44, 113–139.
  • Del Guercio, G. (1906) Intorno a tre specia rare di Mizozilini italiani e alle diverse galle prodotte da varii afidi sul Populus nigra. Redia, 3(2), 360–385. [1905]
  • Schouteden, H. (1906) Catalogue des aphides de Belgique. Mémoires de la Société Entomolgique de Belgique, 12, 189–245.
  • Houard, C. (1908) Les Zoocécidies des Plantes d’Europe el du Bassin de la Méditerranée. A. Hermann, Paris, Vol. 1, 1–570 pp. [in French]
  • Cholodkovsky, N.A. (1910) Zur Kenntnis der Aphiden der Krim (Homoptera Aphididae). Russkoe Entomologischeskoe Obozrenie, 10, 144–149.
  • Theobald, F.V. (1915) African Aphididae. Part II. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 6, 103–153. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300044370
  • van der Goot, P. (1915) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Holländischen Blattläuse. Eine Morphologisch-Systematische Studie. H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, Haarlem, Netherlands, 600 pp.
  • Theobald, F.V. (1929) The Plant Lice or Aphididae of Great Britain. Headley Brothers, London, Vol. 3, 364 pp. [in English] Available at https://archive.org/details/plantliceoraphid0003fred/
  • Judenko, E. (1930) Data concerning the fauna and the biology of plant lice (Aphididae) from the surroundings of Pulawy. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 9(3-4), 129–186. [in Polish]
  • Börner, C.J.B. & Schilder, F.A. (1931) Aphidoidea, Blattläuse. In L. Reh (Ed.). Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten Begründet von Paul Sorauer: Vol. Volume 5. Paul Parey, Berlin. Issue 2, pp. 551–715. [1932; in German]
  • Nevsky, V.P. (1951) Knowledge of the aphid fauna of southern Kazakhstan. In Proceedings of the All-Union Entomological Society. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Vol. 43, 37–64 pp.
  • Börner, C. (1952) Europae centralis Aphides. Die Blattläuse Mitteleuropas. Namen, Synonyme, Wirtspflanzen, Generationszyklen. In Mitteilungen der Thüringischen Botanischen Gesellschaft: Vol. supplement 3. . . Issue 1, 1–259 pp. [in German]
  • Bozhko, M.P. (1953) Aphid fauna (Aphididae) of Vladimirskaya Station, Mykolaiv Region. Proceedings of the Scientific Research Institute of Biology, Kharkiv State University A.M. Gorky, 18, 135–148.
  • Börner, C.J.B. & Franz, H. (1956) Die Blattläuse des Nordostalpengebietes und sienes Vorlandes. Österreichische Zoologische Zeitschrift, 6(3-5), 297–411. [in German] Available at https://www.zobodat.at/publikation_articles.php?id=59066
  • Bodenheimer, F.S. & Swirski, E. (1957) The Aphidoidea of the Middle East. The Weizmann Science Press of Israel, Jerusalem, 378 pp. [in English]
  • Bozhko, M.P. (1957) Materials for the knowledge of the aphid fauna (Aphidoidea) of the right bank of Ukraine and Moldova. Proceedings of the Institute of biology and the Faculty of Biology, Kharkiv Order of the Red Banner of Labor A.M. Gorky State University, 30, 223–240. [in Russian]
  • Bozhko, M.P. (1957) Materials for the study of aphid fauna (Aphidoidea) of Crimea. Proceedings of the Institute of biology and the Faculty of Biology, Kharkiv Order of the Red Banner of Labor A.M. Gorky State University, 30, 207–222. [in Russian]
  • Stroyan, H.L.G. (1957) Further additions to the British aphid fauna. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 109(11), 311–359. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1957.tb00135.x
  • Ivanovskaya, O.I. (1958) Aphid fauna (Aphidoidea) of Central Kulunda. News of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 8, 126–132. [in Russian]
  • Pintera, A. (1959) Faunistic contribution to the knowledge of Bulgarian aphids (Hom., Aphid.). Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické, 56(1), 69–80.
  • Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1960) The genus Chaitophorus Koch in North America (Homoptera, Aphididae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 103(1-2), 1–30.
  • Szelegiewicz, H. (1961) Die polnischen Arten der Gattung Chaitophorus Koch. s. lat. (Homoptera, Aphididae). Annales Zoologici, 19(7), 229–351.
  • Mamontova, V.A. (1963) New data on the aphid fauna (Homoptera, Aphidoidea) of Ukraine. Works of the Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine RSR, 19, 11–40. [in Ukrainian]
  • Narzikulov, M.N. (1963) Aphids (Homoptera, Aphididae) of Tajikistan and the adjacent republics of Central Asia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology and Parasitology of Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan SSR, 25. Fauna of Tajikistan SSR, 9(1), 1–272. [1962; in Russian]
  • Mamontova, V.A. (1964) Aphids of the Ukrainian “Polissie.” Works of the Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine RSR, 20, 52–72. [in Ukrainian]
  • Juchnevitch, L.A. (1968) Aphids (Homoptera, Aphidinea) of eastern Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, 30, 58–95.
  • Narzikulov, M.N. (1968) Aphids (Aphidinea) of the Condor Gorge and surrounding areas of the valley of the Varzob River (Tajikistan). In The Wildlife of the Condor Gorge. Academy of Science of the Tajik SSR, Pavlovsky Institute of Zoology and Parasitology, Dushanbe. Vol. 2, pp. 5–29. [in Russian]
  • Holman, J. & Szelegiewicz, H. (1972) Weitere Blattläuse (Homoptera, Aphidodea) aus der Mongolei. Fragmenta Faunistica, 18(1), 1–22.
  • Richards, W.R. (1972) The Chaitophorinae of Canada (Homoptera: Aphididae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 87, 109 pp. [in English] https://doi.org/10.4039/entm10487fv
  • Steffan, A.W. (1972) Unterordnung Aphidina, Blattläuse. In W. Schwenke (Ed.). Die Forstschädlinge Europas. Ein Hanbuch in fünf Bänden. Erster Band: Würmer, Schnecken, Spinnentiere, Tausendfüssler und hemimetabole Insekten. Paul Parey, Hamburg & Berlin. pp. 162–370. [in German]
  • Ivanovskaya, O.I. (1973) A new species of the genus Chaitophorus Koch from western Siberia: Vol. Issue 6. pp. 13–20.
  • Halmágyi, I. (1974) Adatok a hazai fák és cserjék levéltetveinek ismeretéhez (Homoptera: Aphidoidea). 27(2), 85–90.
  • Ilharco, F.A. (1974) List of the aphids of Madeira Island (Homoptera, Aphidoidea). Bocagiana, 35, 43 pp. [in English]
  • Nieto Nafría, J.M. (1974) Aphidinea de la Cordillera Central y Provincia de Salamanca. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, Ministerio de Agricultura, Madrid, 168 pp. [in Spanish; Castilian]
  • Nieto Nafría, J.M. (1974) Recopilación de las citas de pulgones (Aphidinea) de España. Graellsia, 28(45-102). [in Spanish; Castilian]
  • Hille Ris Lambers, D. & Stroyan, H.L.G. (1975) Proposed use of the Plenary Powers to designate a type-species for the nominal genus Chaitophorus C.L. Koch, 1854, a genus based upon a misidentified type-species (Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera). Z.N.(S.) 1003. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 32(3), 141–142.
  • Eastop, V.F. & Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1976) Survey of the World’s Aphids. Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 573 pp. [in English]
  • Ilharco, F.A. (1976) A first list of the aphids of the Azores. Agronomia Lusitana, 37(3), 207–267. [in English]
  • Ivanovskaya, O.I. (1977) Families Adelgidae - Chaitophoridae. In Aphids of Western Siberia. Biological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk. Vol. 1, 272 pp. [in Russian]
  • Nieto Nafría, J.M. & Mier Durante, M.P. (1977) Claves para la identificación de los pulgones (Hom. Aphidinea) de la Macaronesia. In J.M. Nieto Nafría, M.P. Mier Durante, & A. Carnero Hernández (Eds.). Estudios afidológicos de las Islas Canarias y de la Macaronesia. Excelentísimo Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Aula de Cultura, Salamanca. pp. 67–91. [in Spanish; Castilian]
  • Nieto Nafría, J.M., Carnero Hernández, A. & Mier Durante, M.P. (1977) Los pulgones (Hom. Aphididae) de las Islas Canarias. In Estudios afidológicos de las Islas Canarias y de la Macaronesia. Excelentísimo Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Aula de Cultura, Salamanca. pp. 17–37.
  • Stroyan, H.L.G. (1977) Homoptera Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 2(4(a), 130 pp. [in English]
  • Mier Durante, M.P. (1978) Estudio de la Afidofauna de la Provincia de Zamora. Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Zamora, Zamora, Spain, 226 pp. [in Spanish; Castilian]
  • Smith, C.F. & Parron, C.S. (1978) An annotated list of Aphididae (Homoptera) of North America. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin, 255, 428 pp. [in English] Available at https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/ua101_001_301466_20220517_34782
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  • Barbagallo, S. & Stroyan, H.L.G. (1982) Biological, ecological and taxonomic notes on the aphid fauna of Sicily. Frustula Entomologica, Nuova Serie, 3, 1–182. [1980; in English]
  • Heie, O.E. (1982) The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. The family Drepanosiphidae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 11, 176 pp. [in English]
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  • Pintera, A. (1987) Taxonomic revision of the species of genus Chaitophorus Koch in Palaearctis (Homoptera: Aphidoidea). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 34(5-4), 219–340. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.19870340402
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  • Wieczorek, K., Fulcher, T.K. & Chłond, D. (2019) The composition of the aphid fauna (Insecta, Hemiptera) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Scientific Reports, 9(10000), 14 pp. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46441-z
  • Choi, H., Kim, Y. & Lee, S. (2025) Unveiling hidden diversity: new records of Chaitophorus (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Korea from historical specimens. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13, e150852 (21 pp). [in English] https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e150852

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
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Species10910