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genus

Melaphis Walsh, 1867

Type

Byrsocrypta rhois Fitch, 1866 type species by original monotypy of Melaphis Walsh, 1867

Nomenclature (39)

  • Melaphis Walsh, 1867: 281.

    type species by original monotypy Byrsocrypta rhois Fitch, 1866

  • Byrsocrypta in Kirkaldy, 1905: 419.
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  • Byrsocrypta (unavailable or invalid, linked to Melaphis Walsh, 1867)
  • Pemphigus (unavailable or invalid, linked to Melaphis Walsh, 1867)

Nomenclature references (31)

  • Baker, A.C. (1920) Generic classification of the hemipterous family Aphididae. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture, 826, 93 pp. [in English]
  • Börner, C.J.B. & Heinze, K. (1957) Aphidina - Aphidoidea Blattläuse, plantlice (aphids), pucerons (aphides). In Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten von Prof. Dr. Paul Sorauer. Paul Parey, Berlin. Vol. 5, Issue 4, 402 pp. [in German]
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  • 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]
  • Börner, C.J.B. (1930) Beiträge zu einem neuen System der Blattläuse. Archiv für klassifikatorische und phylogenetische Entomologie, 1(2), 115–180. [in German]
  • Eastop, V.F. & Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1976) Survey of the World’s Aphids. Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 573 pp. [in English]
  • Favret, C., Miller, G.L., Nieto Nafría, J.M. & Cortés Gabaudan, F. (2008) Catalog of the aphid genera described from the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 133(3-4), 363–412. [2007; in English] https://doi.org/10.3157/0002-8320-133.3.363
  • Foottit, R.G. & Maw, H.E.L. (2018) Cryptic species in the aphid genus Melaphis Walsh (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Eriosomatinae). Canadian Entomologist, 150(1), 35–65.
  • Foottit, R.G. & Richards, W.R. (1993) The genera of the aphids of Canada. Homoptera: Aphidoidea and Phylloxeroidea. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 22, 766 pp. [in English] Available at https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1992-22-eng.pdf
  • Heie, O.E. (1980) The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. I. General part. The families Mindaridae, Hormaphididae, Thelaxidae, Anoeciidae, and Pemphigidae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 9, 236 pp.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1905) Catalogue of the genera of the hemipterous family Aphidae, with their typical species, together with a list of the species described as new from 1865 to 1905. The Canadian Entomologist, 37(12), 414–420.
  • Matsumura, S. (1917) Synopsis of the Pemphigidae of Japan. In K. Nagano (Ed.). A Collection of Essays for Mr. Yasushi Nawa, Written in Commemoration of his Sixtieth Birthday, October 8, 1917. Gifu, Japan. pp. 39–94.
  • Maxson, A.C. (1923) Subfamily Pemphiginae. In W.E. Britton (Ed.). Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey. Vol. 34, pp. 311–328.
  • Miller, F.W. (1938) Generic checklist of aphids and phylloxera. The American Midland Naturalist, 19, 658–672. [in English]
  • Nieto Nafría, J.M., Favret, C., Akimoto, S.-ichi, Barbagallo, S., Chakrabarti, S., Mier Durante, M.P., Miller, G.L., Qiao, G.-X., Sano, M., Pérez Hidalgo, N., Stekolshchikov, A.V. & Węgierek, P. (2011) Register of genus-group taxa of Aphidoidea. In J.M. Nieto Nafría & C. Favret (Eds.). Registers of Family-Group and Genus-Group Taxa of Aphidoidea (Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha). Universidad de León, León. pp. 81–404. [in English, Spanish]
  • Oestlund, O.W. (1923) A synoptical key to the Aphididae of Minnesota. Report of the State Entomologist of Minnesota, 19, 114–151. [1922; in English] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13086696
  • Pike, K.S., Boydston, L.L. & Allison, D.W. (2003) Aphids of Western North America North of Mexico with Keys to Subfamilies and Genera for Female Alatae. Washington State University, Pullman, 282 pp. [in English]
  • Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. (1997) Catalogue of the World’s Aphididae. INRA, Paris, 473 pp. [in French, English]
  • Schouteden, H. (1906) Catalogue des aphides de Belgique. Mémoires de la Société Entomolgique de Belgique, 12, 189–245.
  • Shinji, O. (1941) Monograph of Japanese Aphididae. Shinkyo Sha Shoin, Tokyo, 1215 pp.
  • 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]
  • Smith, C.F. (1985) Pemphiginae in North America. In Evolution and Biosystematics of Aphids. Proceedings of the International Aphidological Symposium at Jablonna, 5-11 April, 1981. Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. pp. 277–302.
  • Takahashi, R. (1930) List of the aphid genera proposed as new in recent years. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 32(1), 1–24.
  • Takahashi, R. (1931) Aphididae of Formosa Part 6. Report of the Department of Agriculture Government Research Institute Formosa, 53, 127 pp. [in English]
  • Tao, C.C. (1970) Aphid fauna of China. Science Yearbook of the Taiwan Museum, 13, 1–44. [in Chinese]
  • Tao, C.C. (1970) Revision of Chinese Eriosomatinae, Aphidae, Homoptera. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum, 23(3-4), 135–149.
  • Theobald, F.V. (1918) Notes on new and little known British aphides. IV. The Entomologist, 51(657), 25–29.
  • Theobald, F.V. (1926) The Plant Lice or Aphididae of Great Britain. Headley Brothers, London, Vol. 1, 372 pp. [in English]
  • Theobald, F.V. (1929) The Plant Lice or Aphididae of Great Britain. Headley Brothers, London, Vol. 3, 364 pp. [in English]
  • Tsai, P. & Tang, C. (1946) The classification of the Chinese gall aphids with descriptions of three new genera and six new species from Meitan, Kweichow. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 97(16), 405–418.
  • Walsh, B.D. (1867) On the insects, coleopterous, hymenopterous and dipterous, inhabiting the galls of certain species of willow – Part 2d and last. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 6, 223–288.
  • Wilson, H.F. (1910) A list of the genera described as new from 1758 to 1909 in the family Aphididae. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 21(4), 147–156. [in English] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2593031

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