The
plant-sucking bugs known as aphids include many important pests of agriculture,
horticulture and forestry, and also play a major part in natural
food-chains. This website integrates and
fully updates the information in the above books, to provide host plant lists
and keys as well as a systematic account of the world’s aphids.
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CONTENTS OF WEBSITE |
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- The association between aphids and their host plants - Life cycles and polymorphism |
Notes on the use of the
section: Please read these
before continuing - The Host Plant-Aphid Lists - The Keys - Morphology and Key Characters |
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Systematic treatment of aphid genera -
Regionally classified faunal works - Collecting
methods - Preservation
and mounting - Labelling and storage |
INDEX TO
SPECIES NAMES OF APHIDS |
A major advantage of having this
information on the internet is that it will be possible to update it
frequently, to correct the inevitable errors, and to take account of any
suggestions for improvement received from users of the site. I therefore welcome
all e-mail comments on the content of the site, and would also appreciate
receiving pdfs of any newly published papers in the field of aphid taxonomy and
biosystematics. Please send these to:- roger.blackman@aphidsonworldsplants.info
Roger
Blackman is a scientific associate of the Natural History Museum, London
Victor
Eastop, who was the main inspiration behind the “Aphids on the World’s Plants”
books, died in March 2012. This website is dedicated to his memory. Victor Eastop 1924-2012 - An Appreciation
A year in the life of a birch aphid
APHIDS - THE CLONING
EXPERTS Four articles on aphid parthenogenesis.
· CHARLES
BONNET AND HIS “DANAE” – the discovery of parthenogenesis
· EGGS and
EMBRYOS – how aphids develop without sex
· THE SECOND
HALF OF THE CHESSBOARD
Don’t forget that fully updated taxonomic
information about aphids is available on the web.
Visit http://aphid.speciesfile.org 