Astegopteryx
| Astegopteryx | |
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| Morphological variation in Astegopteryx bambusae[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Subfamily: | Hormaphidinae |
| Tribe: | Cerataphidini |
| Genus: | Astegopteryx Karsch, 1890 |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Astegopteryx is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae.[1][2][3][4] The genus has an oriental distribution.[1]
Life cycle and ecology
Some species of Astegopteryx have host alternation between their primary host plants, Styrax trees, on which they form multiple-cavity galls, and secondary host plants, mainly bamboos and palms.[1] Individuals on primary and secondary hosts are morphologically very different and have been misclassified as representatives of different species and genera. "Soldier" morphs occur on both primary and secondary hosts.[4] However, many species can live exclusively on their secondary hosts with parthenogenetic reproduction.[1]
Some Astegopteryx are considered pest insects, e.g., Astegopteryx formosana and Astegopteryx formosana on bamboos[4][5] and Astegopteryx rhapidis on oil palms.[6]
Species
There are about 25 recognized species:[2][3]
- Astegopteryx bambusae (Buckton, 1893)
- Astegopteryx basalis (van der Goot, 1917)
- Astegopteryx chinensis
- Astegopteryx esakii
- Astegopteryx ficicola
- Astegopteryx formosana (Takahashi, 1924)
- Astegopteryx glandulosa Noordam, 1991
- Astegopteryx himalayensis (Ghosh, Pal & Raychaudhuri, 1977)
- Astegopteryx indica (Ghosh, Pal & Raychaudhuri, 1977)
- Astegopteryx lambersi Takahashi, 1936
- Astegopteryx liukueinensis Liao, 1976
- Astegopteryx malaccensis (Takahashi, 1950)
- Astegopteryx minuta (van der Goot, 1917)
- Astegopteryx muiri (van der Goot, 1919)
- Astegopteryx musae (Takahashi, 1935)
- Astegopteryx neelagiriensis David, 1958
- Astegopteryx nipae (van der Goot, 1917)
- Astegopteryx pallida (van der Goot, 1917)
- Astegopteryx pandani (Takahashi, 1935)
- Astegopteryx rappardi Hille Ris Lambers, 1953
- Astegopteryx rhapidis (van der Goot, 1917)
- Astegopteryx setigera Noordam, 1991
- Astegopteryx singaporensis (van der Goot, 1919)
- Astegopteryx spinocephala Kurosu, Buranapanichpan & Aoki, 2006
- Astegopteryx styracophila Karsch, 1890
References
- ^ a b c d e Li, Qiang; Yao, Jiamin; Zeng, Lingda; Lin, Xiaolan & Huang, Xiaolei (2019). "Molecular and morphological evidence for the identity of two nominal species of Astegopteryx (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae)". ZooKeys. 833: 59–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.833.30592. PMC 6443623. PMID 31015776. This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b c "Astegopteryx Karsch, 1890". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ a b Favret, Colin (2026). "Astegopteryx Karsch, 1890". Aphid Species File. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ a b c Aoki, Shigeyuki & Kurosu, Utako (2010). "A review of the biology of Cerataphidini (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae), focusing mainly on their life cycles, gall formation, and soldiers". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2010: 1–34. doi:10.1155/2010/380351.
- ^ Sundararaj, R. (2014). "Relevance of botanicals for the management of forest insect pests of India". In Sahayaraj, K. (ed.). Basic and Applied Aspects of Biopesticides. New Delhi: Springer. pp. 155–179. doi:10.1007/978-81-322-1877-7_8.
- ^ Kalidas, P. & Subbanna, A. R. N. S. (2022). "Pests and their management in oil palm". In Mani, M. (ed.). Trends in Horticultural Entomology. Singapore: Springer. pp. 1457–1475. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-0343-4_62.