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Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763

bean aphid; puceron du haricot; black bean aphid; puceron noir des fèves
Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763: Photo:Voegtlin, D. J. (Otu).
Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763: Photo:Voegtlin, D. J. (Otu).
Habitus, dorsal view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Body of A. fabae. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: (Observation).
Subgenital plate. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Rostrum (URS) of A. fabae. (Observation).
Stylus. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: First marginal tubercle and coxa of A. fabae. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Siphunculus (SI) of A. fabae. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Cauda (CA) of A. fabae. (Observation).
Connective. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Hairs on subgenital plate of A. fabae. (Observation).
Forewing. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Hairs on eighth abdominal tergite of A. fabae. (Observation).
Hind wing. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Seventh marginal tubercle of A. fabae. (Observation).
Head. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: Hind tibia of A. fabae. (Observation).
Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: (Observation).
Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: (Observation).
Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view. on Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763 alate viviparous female: (Observation).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763: 139.
  • Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 in Basu, 1970: 355.
  • Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 in Bielecki, Długosz, Morawski & Depa, 2024: 4.
  • Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 in Milenković, Lazarević, Žikić, Stanković, Vladejić, Petrović-Obradović & Ilić Milošević, 2026: 4.

Nomenclature references (17)

  • Basu, A.N. (1970) Further records of new and little known aphids (Homoptera) from West Bengal, India. Oriental Insects, 3(4), 355–371. [1969; in English] https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1969.10433930
  • Bielecki, B., Długosz, P., Morawski, M. & Depa, Ł. (2024) Myrmecophilous aphid species (Hemiptera, Aphididae) feeding on mycoheterotrophic Monotropa hypophegea (Ericales, Ericaceae). Insects, 16(1), 19. [in English] https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16010019
  • Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. (2007) Taxonomic issues. In H.F. Van Emden & R. Harrington (Eds.). Aphids as Crop Pests. CAB International, Oxfordshire. pp. 1–29.
  • Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. (2017) Taxonomic issues. In H.F. Van Emden & R. Harrington (Eds.). Aphids as Crop Pests. Second Edition. CABI, Oxfordshire, UK. pp. 1–36.
  • Ghosh, L.K. (1990) A taxonomic review of the genus Aphis Linnaeus (Homoptera: Aphididae) in India. Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India, 17(3), 1–159.
  • Heie, O.E. (1986) The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. III. Family Aphididae: subfamily Pterocommatinae & tribe Aphidini of subfamily Aphidinae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 17, 314 pp. [in English]
  • Holman, J. (1987) Notes on Aphis species from the Soviet Far East, with descriptions of eight new species (Homoptera, Aphididae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca, 84(5), 353–387.
  • Mehrparvar, M. & Kadyrbekov, R.K. (2024) Aphids associated with Lactuca (Asteraceae) in Iran with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 313, 73–84. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.08.002
  • Mehrparvar, M. & Mirtadzadini, M. (2024) Aphids associated with Carthamus in Iran with the description of the hitherto unknown male of Uroleucon carthami (Hille Ris Lambers, 1948) (Hemi.: Aphididae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 10(3), 467–483. [in English] https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.3.467
  • Mehrparvar, M., Mansouri, S.M. & Malekpourzadeh, L. (2024) Aphids associated with Lamiaceae in Iran with redescription of Ovatus mentharius (van der Goot, 1913) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 44(2), 217–238. [in English] https://doi.org/10.61186/jesi.44.2.10
  • Milenković, D., Lazarević, M., Žikić, V., Stanković, S.S., Vladejić, J., Petrović-Obradović, O. & Ilić Milošević, M. (2026) Integrative insights into the Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 complex: genetic and morphometric variability. Biologia, 81(169), 15 pp. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-026-02216-2
  • Nieto Nafría, J.M., Ortego, J. & Mier Durante, M.P. (2024) Tres estudios taxonómicos sobre pulgones (Hemiptera, Aphididae) de América del Sur. Suplementos del Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 6, 1–76. [in Spanish; Castilian]
  • Raychaudhuri, D.N., Ghosh, L.K. & Das, S.K. (1980) Studies on the aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) from north and north-west India, 1. Insecta Matsumurana, 20, 1–42. [in English] Available at https://hdl.handle.net/2115/9804
  • Ripka, G. (2001) New data to the knowledge of the aphid fauna of Hungary (Homoptera: Aphidoidea). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica, 36(1-2), 81–87. [in English]
  • Scopoli, J.A. (1763) In Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Ioannis Thomae Trattner, Vienna. 420 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] Available at https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/ua101_001_301466_20220517_34782
  • Stroyan, H.L.G. (1984) Aphids – Pterocommatinae and Aphidinae (Aphidini) Homoptera, Aphididae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 2(6), 232 pp. [in English]

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012
Subspecies40109113