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Sitobion (Sitobion) avenae (Fabricius, 1775)

English grain aphid; puceron des céréales

Nomenclature (7)

  • Aphis avenae Fabricius, 1775: 736.
  • Aphis avenae Fabricius, 1775 in Walsh, 1863: 298. Ecological data
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  • Sitobion avenae (Fabricius, 1775) in Mehrparvar & Jensen, 2026: 18.
  • Sitobion avenae (Fabricius, 1775) in Wang, Zhang, Shi, Wang, Zhang, Li, Hu, Zhang & Liu, 2026: 1.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Fabricius, J.C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae (Flensburg and Leipzig), 816 pp. [in Latin]
  • Mehrparvar, M. & Jensen, A.S. (2026) Aphids associated with Caryophyllaceae in Iran with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Neotropical Entomology, 55(4), 27 pp. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-025-01329-8
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  • Nasonov, N.V. (1894) Collections of the Zoological Office of the Imperial University of Warsaw. II. List and description of collections on insect biology [Коллекціи зоологическаго кабинета Императорскаго Варшавскаго университета. II. Списокъ и описаніе коллекціи по биологіи насекомыъ]. Imperial Warsaw University, Warsaw, 62 pp. [in Russian] Available at https://polona.pl/item-view/570c2a75-5b09-42e2-8fb8-7802074d4036/0/65163996-4ed5-493f-b519-28c042695ee8
  • 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]
  • Walsh, B.D. (1863) On the genera of Aphidae found in the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 1, 294–311. [1862]
  • Wang, J., Zhang, J., Shi, C., Wang, H., Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Hu, T., Zhang, H. & Liu, Z. (2026) The chromosome-level genome assembly of Sitobion avenae Fabricius (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Scientific Data, 13(866), 7 pp. [in English] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07147-w
  • Washburn, F.L. (1908) Lice affecting grain in 1907 and 1908 with notes on insectary work. Report of the State Entomologist of Minnesota, 12, 42–52. [in English] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12687589

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1034
subspecies205254