Rhopalosiphum | |
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R. maidis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Aphididae |
Subfamily: | Aphidinae |
Tribe: | Aphidini |
Genus: | Rhopalosiphum Koch, 1854 |
Rhopalosiphum is a genus of aphid of the family Aphididae that includes 16 species worldwide.[1] Apart from sucking the phloem of host plants and thereby being treated in agriculture as pests, some species are vectors for viral pathogens.[2]
Species include:[3]