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Aphid Species File
Genus

Pterasthenia Stroyan, 1952

Type

type species by original designation of Pterasthenia Stroyan, 1952

Nomenclature (17)

  • Pterasthenia Stroyan, 1952: 149.

    type species by original designation Pterasthenia shiraensis Stroyan, 1952

  • Pterasthenia Stroyan, 1952 in Quednau, 1954: 24.
  • Pterasthenia Stroyan, 1952 in Nieto Nafría, Favret, Akimoto, Barbagallo, Chakrabarti, Mier Durante, Miller, Qiao, Sano, Pérez Hidalgo, Stekolshchikov & Węgierek, 2011: 325.
  • Antalus Adams, 1965 (subjective synonym of Pterasthenia Stroyan, 1952) in Nieto Nafría, Favret, Akimoto, Barbagallo, Chakrabarti, Mier Durante, Miller, Qiao, Sano, Pérez Hidalgo, Stekolshchikov & Węgierek, 2011: 134.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Stroyan, H.L.G. (1952) A new aphid genus from East Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 21(11), 149–154.
  • Quednau, F.W. (1954) Monographie der mitteleuropäischen Callaphididae (Zierläuse [Homoptera, Aphidina]) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des ersten Jugenstadiums I. Die Junglarven des ersten Stadiums der mitteleuropäischen Callaphididae. Mitteilungen aus der Biologischen Zentralanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, 78, 1–52.
  • Börner, C.J.B. & Heinze, K. (1957) Aphidina - Aphidoidea Blattläuse, plantlice (aphids), pucerons (aphides). In L. Reh (Ed.). Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten von Prof. Dr. Paul Sorauer. Paul Parey, Berlin. Vol. 5, Issue 4, 402 pp. [in German]
  • Eastop, V.F. (1958) A study of the Aphididae (Homoptera) of East Africa. Colonial Research Publications, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 126 pp. [in English]
  • Adams, A.N. (1965) A new aphid genus from Central Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 34(7), 83–88.
  • Eastop, V.F. & Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1976) Survey of the World’s Aphids. Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 573 pp. [in English]
  • Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. (1984) Aphids on the World's Crops: An Identification and Information Guide. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 466 pp. [in English]
  • Remaudière, G. (1985) Description des Aphididae nouveaux découverts au Burundi. In Études FAO: Production Végétale et Protection des Plantes. Vol. 64, pp. 175–206.
  • Remaudière, G. & Quednau, F.W. (1988) Description de deux Pterasthenia nouveaux et révision des Pterastheniinae subfam. nov. (Homoptera: Aphididae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 24(1), 47–57.
  • Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. (1997) Catalogue of the World’s Aphididae. INRA, Paris, 473 pp. [in French, English]
  • Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. (2000) Aphids on the World's Crops: An Identification and Information Guide. Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 466 pp. [in English]
  • Quednau, F.W. (2010) Atlas of the drepanosiphine aphids of the world part III: Mindarinae Tullgren, 1909; Neophyllaphidinae Takahashi, 1921; Lizeriinae E.E. Blanchard, 1923; Pterastheniinae Remaudière & Quednau, 1988; Macropodaphidinae Zachvatkin & Aizenberg, 1960; Taiwanaphidinae Quednau & Remaudière, 1994; Spicaphidinae Essig, 1953; Phyllaphidinae Herrich-Schaeffer in Koch, 1957; Israelaphidinae Ilharco, 1961; Saltusaphidinae Baker, 1920 (Hemiptera: Sternorrhycha, Aphididae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 83, 361 pp. [in English]
  • Nieto Nafría, J.M., Favret, C., Akimoto, S.-ichi, Barbagallo, S., Chakrabarti, S., Mier Durante, M.P., Miller, G.L., Qiao, G., 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]

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species3036
Subspecies3047