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Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841

black citrus aphid

Nomenclature (9)

  • Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841: 178.
  • Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841) in Takahashi, 1936: 599.
  • Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841 in Nieto Nafría, Ortego & Mier Durante, 2024: 66. Key
  • Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841 in Cheng, Liu, Zhang & Huang, 2026: 1.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Aphis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) species groups found in the Midwestern United States and their contribution to the phylogenetic knowledge of the genus (2014) Insect Science, 21(3), 374–391.
  • Boyer de Fonscolombe, E.L.J.H. (1841) Description des pucerons qui se trouvent aux environs d’Aix. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 10, 157–198.
  • Cheng, Z., Liu, C., Zhang, F. & Huang, X. (2026) Chromosome-level genome assembly of a citrus and tea insect pest, Aphis aurantii. Scientific Data, 13(974), 10 pp. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07337-6
  • Eastop, V.F. & Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1976) Survey of the World’s Aphids. Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 573 pp. [in English]
  • 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]
  • 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
  • Takahashi, R. (1936) Some Aphididae from South China and Hainan (Homoptera), I. Lingnan Science Journal, 15(4), 595–606. [in English]
  • Takahashi, R. (1938) Some Aphididae from South China and Hainan (Homoptera), III. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 28(172), 11–14. [in English]
  • Takahashi, R. (1941) Some injurious insects of agricultural plants and forest trees in Siam and Indo-China, I Aphididae. Report of the Government Agricultural Research Institute Taiwan, Nippon (Japan), 78, 1–27. [in English]

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023
Subspecies203436