Species
Tuberolachnus salignus (Giant willow aphid)
Tuberolachnus salignus. Photo: (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Tuberolachnus salignus, or the giant willow aphid, is a species of aphid, in the genus Tuberolachnus. They are reputed to be the largest aphids, with a body length of up to 5.8mm.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic hemipterans)
- Infraorder: Aphidomorpha (Aphids and allies)
- Superfamily: Aphidoidea
- Family: Aphididae (Aphids)
- Subfamily: Lachninae (Giant aphids)
- Tribe: Tuberolachnini
- Genus: Tuberolachnus
- Species: Tuberolachnus salignus (Giant willow aphid)
- Genus: Tuberolachnus
- Tribe: Tuberolachnini
- Subfamily: Lachninae (Giant aphids)
- Family: Aphididae (Aphids)
- Superfamily: Aphidoidea
- Infraorder: Aphidomorpha (Aphids and allies)
- Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic hemipterans)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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