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Aphid Species File
Species

Aphis (Aphis) oreaster Rafinesque, 1818 (Nomen dubium)

Nomenclature (9)

  • Aphis (Adactynus) oreaster Rafinesque, 1818: 17, 18. (nomen dubium)
  • Aphis oreaster Rafinesque, 1818 in Hunter, 1901: 101.
  • Aphis (Aphis) oreaster Rafinesque, 1818 in Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 44.
  • Aphis oreastger (unavailable or invalid, linked to Aphis (Adactynus) oreaster Rafinesque, 1818)

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Eastop, V.F. & Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1976) Survey of the World’s Aphids. Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 573 pp. [in English]
  • Hottes, F.C. (1931) Notes concerning the first papers dealing with the aphid fauna of America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 44, 61–70.
  • Hottes, F.C. (1963) Aphid names of Rafinesque: Proposed suppression under the Plenary Powers (Insect, Hemiptera, Aphididae). Z.N.(S.) 327. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 20(2), 128–133.
  • Hunter, W.D. (1901) The Aphididae of North America. Bulletin of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 60, 63–138.
  • Rafinesque, C.S. (1818) Second memoir on the genus Aphis containing the description of 24 new American species. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, 3, 15–18.
  • Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. (1997) Catalogue of the World’s Aphididae. INRA, Paris, 473 pp. [in French, English]
  • Stoetzel, M.B. (1982) Revived proposal for the suppression of the aphid names of Rafinesque under the plenary powers (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphididae) Z.N.(S.) 327. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 39(2), 146–151.
  • Wilson, H.F. (1910) Notes on the two papers on Aphididae by Rafinesque. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 12, 27–30.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045