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Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917

soybean aphid; puceron du soya
Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: on Glycines max (Photo:Voegtlin, D. J.). (Otu).
Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: on Glycines max (Photo:Voegtlin, D. J.). (Otu).
Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: on Glycines max (Photo:Voegtlin, D. J.). (Otu).
Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: on Rhamnus cathartica (Photo:Voegtlin, D. J.). (Otu).
Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Eggs on Rhamnus cathartica (Photo:Voegtlin, D. J.). (Otu).
Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Spring colony on Rhamnus cathartica (Photo:Voegtlin, D. J.). (Otu).
Habitus, dorsal view.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Body of A. glycines. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Body of A. glycines. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Third antennal segment of A. glycines. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Antennal segments: I-IV of A. glycines. (Observation).
Subgenital plate.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Rostrum (URS) of A. glycines. (Observation).
Subgenital plate.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Rostrum (URS) of A. glycines. (Observation).
Stylus.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: First marginal tubercle and coxa of A. glycines. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Siphunculus (SI) of A. glycines. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Siphunculi (SI) of A. glycines. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Cauda (CA) of A. glycines. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Cauda (CA) of A. glycines. (Observation).
Connective.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Hairs on subgenital plate of A. glycines. (Observation).
Connective.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Hairs on subgenital plate of A. glycines. (Observation).
Forewing.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Hairs on eighth abdominal tergite of A. glycines. (Observation).
Forewing.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Hairs on eighth abdominal tergite of A. glycines. (Observation).
Hind wing.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Seventh marginal tubercle of A. glycines. (Observation).
Hind wing.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Seventh marginal tubercle of A. glycines. (Observation).
Head.: !! display not done !! on alate viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Hind tibia of A. glycines. (Observation).
Head.: !! display not done !! on apterous viviparous female: Aphis (Aphis) glycines Matsumura, 1917: Hind tibia of A. glycines. (Observation).

Nomenclature (52)

  • Aphis glycines Matsumura, 1917: 357, 387.
  • Aphis justiciae Shinji, 1922: 796.
  • ... Show all ... (48)
  • Aphis glycines Matsumura, 1917 in Mathers, 2020: 899.
  • Aphis glycines Matsumura, 1917 in Qiu, Wu, Sun, Xue & Xia, 2025: 1.

Nomenclature references (39)

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  • Kim, H.-J., Hoelmer, K.A., Lee, W., Kwon, Y.-D. & Lee, S.-H. (2010) Molecular and morphological identification of the soybean aphid and other Aphis species on the primary host Rhamnus davurica in Asia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103(4), 532–543.
  • Lagos-Kutz, D.M., Favret, C., Giordano, R. & Voegtlin, D.J. (2014) Molecular and morphological differentiation between Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera, Aphididae) and related species, with particular reference to the North American Midwest. ZooKeys, 459, 49–72. [in English] https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.7850
  • Mathers, T.C. (2020) Improved genome assembly and annotation of the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura). G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, 10, 899–906.
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  • Mille, C., Jourdan, H., Cazères, S., Maw, H.E.L. & Foottit, R.G. (2020) New data on the aphid (Hemiptera, Aphididae) fauna of New Caledonia: some new biosecurity threats in a biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys, 943, 53–89.
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  • Song, H., Donthu, R.K., Hall, R., Hon, L., Weber, E., Badger, J.H. & Giordano, R. (2019) Description of soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) mitochondrial T genome and comparative mitogenomics of Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). 113(103208), 14 pp.
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