HOST LISTS AND KEYS FOR EACH PLANT GENUS

(in alphabetical order)

Coe-Cou

Coelia

Coeloglossum

Coelogyne

Coelorachis

Coffea

Coincya

Coix

Coldenia

Colebrookea

Coleonema

Coleostephus

Coleus

Colletia

Collinsonia

Collomia

Colocasia

Colocynthis

Cologania

Colquhounia

Columnea

Colutea

Colvillea

Colysis

Comandra

Comanthospace

Comarostaphylis

Comarum

Combretum

Commelina

Commiphora

Comptonia

Conandron

Condalia

Conioselinum

Conium

Coniopharyngia

Conopholis

Conopodium

Conostegia

Conringia

Consolida

Convallaria

Convolvulus

Conyza

Copernicia

Coprosma

Corallorhiza

Corchorus

Cordia

Cordyline

Coreopsis

Coriandrum

Coriaria

Coridothymus

Corispermum

Cornus

Coronaria

Coronilla

Coronopus

Correa

Cortaderia

Cortusa

Corybas

Corydalis

Corylopsis

Corylus

Corynabutilon

Corynephorus

Corysanthes

Coryspermum

Corytholoma

Cosmia

Cosmos

Costus

Cota

Cotinus

Cotoneaster

Cotula

Cotyledon

Cotylelobium

Cousinia

CoeliaOrchidaceae
Coelia spp.Cerataphis orchidearum
Coeloglossum see DactylorhizaOrchidaceae
Coeloglossum viride = Dactylorhiza viridis
CoelogyneOrchidaceae
Coelogyne cristata Cerataphis orchidearum
C. miniataSitobion luteum, orchidacearum

Use key to aphids on orchids under Cymbidium.

Coelorachis Poaceae
Coelorachis glandulosa Rhopalosiphum maidis
CoffeaRubiaceae
Coffea arabicaAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Neomyzus circumflexus
C. canephoraAphis gossypii
C. racemosaAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
Coffea spp./hybrids Aphis aurantii, citricidus, gossypii, spiraecola;
Brachycaudus helichrysi; Sinomegoura coffeae

Key to apterae on Coffea:-

Head with well-developed ANT tubercles, their inner faces smooth and divergent. Tibiae wholly black, and ANT black beyond basal part of ANT III. SIPH tapering from a broad base, mainly pale becoming gradually darker towards apices; 1.4-1.6 × cauda, which is pale or dusky…..Sinomegoura coffeae
Without this combination of characters…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
CoincyaBrassicaceae
Coincya nonensis ssp. cheiranthos Brevicoryne brassicae; Myzus persicae
Use key to apterae on Brassica.
CoixPoaceae
Coix lacrymi-jobiRhopalosiphum maidis, padi, rufiabdominale;
Sitobion [indicum], [rosaeiformis]; Tetraneura ulmi

Use key to apterae of grass-feeding aphids under Digitaria.

ColdeniaBoraginaceae
Coldenia procumbens Aphis gossypii
ColebrookeaLamiaceae
Colebrookea oppositifolia Aphis raji; Subovatomyzus leucosceptri

Couplet to separate these two species:-

SIPH dark, tapering, 0.12-0.22 mm, shorter than or about equal to R IV+V (0.19-0.23 mm). ANT PT/BASE 1.5-2.0…..Aphis raji
SIPH pale, weakly clavate. 0.33-0.48 mm, more than 2 × R IV+V (0.14-0.18 mm). ANT PT/BASE 5.8-7.9….. Subovatomyzus leucosceptri
ColeonemaRutaceae
Coleonema album Aphis sp. – Leonard 1972a: 99
ColeostephusAsteraceae
Coleostephus myconis Aphis craccivora, fabae, spiraecola;
Brachycauduscardui, helichrysi, lateralis;
[Macrosiphoniella millefolii]

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

Coleus see PlectranthusLamiaceae
Coleus aromaticus = Plectranthus amboinicus
C. blumei = Plectranthus scutellarioides
C. hybridus = Plectranthus scutellarioides
C. verschaffelti = Plectranthus scutellarioides
ColletiaRhamnaceae
Colletia cruciataAphis aurantii, [Aphis sp. – Leonard 1972a: 99]
C. spinosissimaAphis conflicta
Use key under Condalia.
CollinsoniaLamiaceae
Collinsonia canadensis Hyalomyzus collinsoniae
C. grandiflora (?)Myzus ornatus, persicae
C. serotinaHyalomyzus orphnophlebos

Key to apterae on Collinsonia:-

1 Head posterioventrally with a pair of scabrous tubercles placed on either side of clypeus. SIPH dusky to dark, evidently clavate. (Al. with dark-bordered forewing veins and sec. rhin. distributed ANT III 37-65, IV 10-40, V 0-9)…..2
Head without posterioventral tubercles. SIPH tapering and dusky, or clavate and pale, (Al. with forewing veins not dark-bordered and sec. rhin. distributed ANT III 6-19, IV and V 0) …..3
2 R IV+V 0.10-0.13 mm long, 1.3-1.5 × HT II, and usually bearing only 2 accessory hairs …..Hyalomyzus collinsoniae
R IV+V 0.13-0.15 mm long, 1.8-1.9 × HT II, and bearing 6 or more accessory hairs …..Hyalomyzus orphnophlebos
3 SIPH slightly clavate. ANT PT/BASE (2.8-)3.1-4.5. Dorsal abdomen without dark intersegmental markings…..Myzus persicae
SIPH tapering with a slight “S”-curve. ANT PT/BASE 1.75-2.8. Dorsal abdomen with a pattern of dark intersegmental markings…..Myzus ornatus
CollomiaPolemoniaceae
Colomia linearis Nasonovia colloniae
Collomia sp.Macrosiphum sp. (Oregon, USA; BMNH collection)

Couplet for separating these two species:-

ANT III narrowed at base, bearing slightly capitate hairs which are maximally 1.0-1.5 × BD III, and 2-30 rhinaria on basal half. R IV+V 1.8-2.0 × HT II, with c. 20 accessory hairs. First tarsal segments with 4-4-4 hairs. SIPH without subapical reticulation, 1.1-1.5 × cauda, which bears 5 hairs…..Nasonovia collomiae
ANT III not narrowed at base, bearing blunt or pointed hairs maximally 0.8-0.95 × BD III, and about 3 rhinaria near base. R IV+V c.1.2 × HT II, with c. 9 accessory hairs. first tarsal segments with 3-3-3 hairs. SIPH with subapical reticulation, c.2 × cauda which bears c. 11 hairs…..Macrosiphum sp. (Oregon, USA; BMNH collection)
ColocasiaAraceae
Colocasia antiquorum see C. esculenta
C. esculenta (incl. var. antiquorum) Aphis aurantii, craccivora, gossypii, nasturtii, spiraecola;
Hysteroneura setariae; Neomyzus circumflexus;
Patchiella reaumuri; Pentalonia caladii, [nigronervosa];
Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae, padi; Schizaphis scirpi;
C. kotoensisAphis gossypii
Colocasia spp.Aphis fabae, [punicae], [umbrella]
Brachycaudus helichrysi; Hydronaphis colocasiae;
Pseudomegoura magnoliae

Key to apterae on Colocasia:-

1 ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5. Eyes of only 3 facets. SIPH absent. Dorsal wax pore plates present on all segments…..Patchiella reaumuri
ANT PT/BASE more than 1. Eyes multifacetted. SIPH present. No dorsal wax pore plates …..2
2 SIPH pale on basal half and dark on distal half, and usually slightly swollen subapically. SIPH and femora covered with irregular, transverse rows of spicules. (Alata with dark-bordered wing veins, and forewing with radius and costa fused for part of lengths to form a closed cell behind the pterostigma) …..Pentalonia caladii
SIPH either mainly pale or mainly dark; tapering, cylindrical, clavate, or flared apically. SIPH and femora smooth or imbricated, not markedly spiculose. (Alata with normal wing venation, veins not dark-bordered)…..3
3 Head spiculose with low, scabrous, divergent ANT tubercles. R IV+V 1.5-1.9 × HT II. SIPH 3.2-3.7 × cauda, strongly imbricated, cylindrical with somewhat flared apices. Dorsal cuticle with spiculose reticulation …..Hydronaphis colocasiae*
Without that combination of characters…..4
4 SIPH black, 1.6-2.3 × cauda which bears 5-9 hairs. ANT PT/BASE 3.2-5.7. ABD TERG 8 with (5-) 6-16 hairs that are 88-150 μm long…..Schizaphis scirpi
Without that combination of characters…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
Colocynthis see CitrullusCucurbitaceae
CologaniaFabaceae
Cologania broussonettii Microparsus vignaphilus
C. ovalifolia = C. broussonettii
ColquhouniaLamiaceae
Colquhounia coccinea Aphis raji
ColumneaGesneriaceae
Columnea percrassa Aulacorthum solani; Myzus persicae

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

ColuteaFabaceae
Colutea arborescens Acyrthosiphon caraganae, caraganae ssp. occidentale,
pisum;
Aphis craccivora, cytisorum, [Aphis sp. – Leonard 1972a];
Myzus ascalonicus; Pemphigus vesicarius (as coluteae)
C. halepicaAphis craccivora
C. istria (?)Aphis craccivora
C. mediaAcyrthosiphon caraganae, caraganae ssp. occidentale
C. melanocalyx = C. arborescens
C. orientalisAcyrthosiphon caraganae
C. persicaAcyrthosiphon caraganae, caraganae ssp. tadzhikistanicum,
pisum;
Aphis craccivora
Colutea sp. Acyrthosiphon gossypii; Aphis fabae

Key to apterae on Colutea:-

1 ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5. SIPH absent. Dorsal abdomen with wax pore plates …..Pemphigus vesicarius
ANT PT/BASE more than 1. SIPH present. No wax pore plates…..2
2 Body oval, with dark dorsal sclerotisation. SIPH black, less than 4 × R IV+V. Cauda black …..3
Body spindle-shaped, with dorsum membranous. SIPH pale, 4.75-8.5 × R IV+V. Cauda pale …..5
3 Dorsal abdomen with dark cross-bands on ABD TERG 7 and 8 and only scattered small sclerites on tergites anterior to SIPH. Cauda with 11-25 hairs …..Aphis fabae
Dorsal abdomen with much more extensive dark sclerotisation, which has a pale reticulation. Cauda with 4-13 hairs…..4
4 R IV+V 0.88-1.16 × HT II (mostly 0.9-1.05 ×). Anterior half of genital plate with 2 (-3) hairs. Cauda with 4-7(-9) hairs…..Aphis craccivora
R IV+V 0.97-1.3 × HT II (mostly 1.06-1.2 ×). Anterior half of genital plate with 2-8 hairs (mode 4, mean 5.2). Cauda with (6-)7-13 hairs…..Aphis cytisorum
5ANT I not longer than wide. SIPH not attenuate distally, thicker than hind tibia at midlength …..Acyrthosiphon caraganae
ANT I longer than wide. SIPH attenuate distally, thinner than hind tibia at midlength …..6
6SIPH very long, projecting backwards beyond cauda; 0.42-0.50 × BL and 2.5-3.5 × cauda…..Acyrthosiphon gossypii
SIPH not projecting beyond cauda; 0.22-0.37 × BL and 1.2-1.9 × cauda …..Acyrthosiphon pisum
ColvilleaFabaceae
Colvillea racemosa Myzus persicae
ColysisPolypodiaceae
Colysis ellipticaMicromyzus katoi
ComandraSantalaceae
Comandra umbellata Sitobion (Metobion) sp. (BMNH collection, Alberta)
ssp. pallida
ComanthosphaceLamiaceae
C. japonicaNeomyzus circumflexus
Comanthosphace sp. Aulacorthum phytolaccae

Key to apterae on Comanthosphace:-

Dorsum wholly dark sclerotic. Head spiculose. ANT III with 9-13 rhinaria. Longest hairs on ANT III 1.2-1.6 X BD III. R IV+V 1.3-1.4 X HT II …..Aulacorthum phytolaccae
Without that combination of characters …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
ComarostaphylisEricaceae
Comarostaphylis discolor Aphis gossypii
C. diversifolia[Tamalia cruzensis (Miller & Crespi 2003; nomen nudum)]
ComarumRosaceae
Comarum palustre Acyrthosiphon boreale, malvae ssp. potha;
Anthracosiphon hertae;
Aphis comari, spiraecola, tormentillae;
[Cryptomyzus stachydis];
Macrosiphum [chukotense], euphorbiae, [gei]

Use key to apterae on Potentilla.

Combretum Combretaceae

Apart from a few polyphagous species, the known aphid fauna of Combretaceae and Burseraceae consists entirely of members of the genus Paoliella. Species of Paoliella are specific at least at the level of host genera (Combretum, Commiphora, Terminalia), with 9 known from Combretum. Three of these are only known as alate morphs, and one only from a single aptera, so apterae and alatae are keyed separately

Combretum aculeatum Aphis gossypii
C. angolensePaoliella chiangae
C. apiculatumPaoliella nachensis, papillata
C. ghansalenseAphis gossypii
C. glomeruliflorum Aphis gossypii; Myzus persicae
C. gueinzii =C. molle
C. krausiiAphis gossypii, spiraecola
C. laxumPaoliella laxutuberculata
C. mechowianum Aphis gossypii
C. molleAphis gossypii;
Paoliella browni, namaachae, papillata, wettsteini
C. psidioidesAphis gossypii;
Paoliella browni ssp. capinganae, chiangae,
monotuberculata, nachensis, papillata
C. sericeumAphis gossypii
C. zeyheriPaoliella papillata
Combretum sp.Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Paoliella longirostris

Key to aphids on Combretum:-

1 SIPH conspicuous, longer than their basal width. Dorsal processes absent. Cauda tongue-shaped or finger-like (sometimes with a mid-way constriction), without a knobbed apex. Anal plate entire…..see key to polyphagous aphids
SIPH not longer than basal width, inconspicuous except when pigmented. Cauda with an apical knob, anal plate bilobed. Often with conspicuous dorsal processes …..2
2 Apterous viviparous females (and intermediates)…..3
Alate viviparous females (aptera in several cases unknown)…..6
3 Dorsal processes maximally about 5 × their middle diameter, cylindrical or club-shaped, with apex about as wide as base (fig. 40A) …..Paoliella papillata
Dorsal processes very much longer, broad at base and tapering to much narrower apex …..4
4 Spinal and pleural processes absent (although the long marginal processes on ABD TERG 2 are displaced pleurally)…..Paoliella laxutuberculata
Long spinal, pleural and marginal processes present…..5
5 ABD TERG 8 with two separate short finger-like processes. Knob of cauda clearly longer than its greatest width. First tarsal segments usually with 5-6 ventral hairs …..Paoliella wettsteini
ABD TERG 8 with a median shallow protrusion bearing two hairs. Knob of cauda as wide as long. First tarsal segments usually with 2-3 ventral hairs …..Paoliella browni
6 Tip of forewing with a large dark spot, in addition to the dark spot at the end of Cu1b. ANT PT/BASE more than 2.5…..7
Tip of forewing without a dark spot, although such a spot often present at the end of Cu1b. ANT PT/BASE less than 2.0…..8
7 R IV+V shorter than HT II…..Paoliella nachensis
R IV+V longer than HT II…..Paoliella namaachae
8 Fore femora similar in size and thickness to mid and hind femora. Antenna 5-segmented …..9
Fore femora much enlarged in comparison to mid and hind femora. Antenna 6-segmented (antenna of P. longirostris not seen)…..10
9 ANT PT/BASE 0.54-0.73. R IV+V 0.70-0.82 × HT II …..Paoliella monotuberculata
ANT PT/BASE 0.31-0.55. R IV+V 0.82-0.96 × HT II …..Paoliella browni ssp. capinganae
10 Spinal processes absent …..Paoliella laxutuberculata
Spinal processes present…..11
11 Head, pterothorax, siphunculi and dorsal and marginal processes all pale. No pigmented dorsal abdominal sclerites…..Paoliella wettsteini
Head, pterothorax, siphunculi and at least the bases of the marginal processes dusky to dark. Dark dorsal abdominal sclerites often present…..12
12 Dorsal processes almost cylindrical for most of length, or club-shaped, with broadly rounded apices (fig. 40B). R IV+V a little longer than (1.05-1.15 ×) HT II …..Paoliella papillata
Dorsal processes tapering, conical or finger-like. R IV+V either shorter than or much longer than HT II…..13
13 Femora dark. R IV+V shorter than HT II. Spinal processes pigmented; those on ABD TERG 1 less than 3 × their basal widths (fig. 40C), and at least those on ABD TERG 3 and 4 have transverse sclerotic bars uniting their bases…..Paoliella chiangae
Femora pale. R IV+V at least twice as long as HT II. Spinal processes pale, with basal sclerites pale or only weakly pigmented; spinal processes on ABD TERG 1 c.4 × their basal widths (fig.40D)…..Paoliella longirostris
CommelinaCommelinaceae
Commelina africana Aphis gossypii
C. benghalensisAphis gossypii, spiraecola; Aulacorthum solani;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus ornatus, persicae;
Neomyzus circumflexus; [Rhopalosiphum maidis]
C. coelestisNeomyzus circumflexus; Utamphorophora commelinensis
C. communisAphis frangulae, gossypii, [rhamnicola]
C. diffusa Aphis gossypii, spiraecola; Neomyzus circumflexus;
Utamphorophora commelinensis
C. elegans = C. erecta
C. erectaAphis craccivora, gossypii; Myzus persicae;
Utamphorophora commelinensis
C. forskalaeiAphis gossypii
C. longicaulis = C. diffusa
C. nigritanaAphis gossypii
C. nudiflora = Murdannia nudiflora
C. subulataAphis gossypii
Commelina sp. [Sitobion aulacorthoides]

Key to apterae on Commelina:-

SIPH markedly clavate, with maximum width of swollen part about twice minimum width of basal part. ANT PT/BASE 5.4-6.5…..Utamphorophora commelinensis
SIPH not markedly clavate (if somewhat clavate then ANT PT/BASE is less than 5) …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
CommiphoraBurseraceae

This genus has a similar aphid fauna to Combretum, q.v., but with different species of Paoliella.

Commiphora africana Aphis gossypii; Paoliella delottoi
C. angolensisPaoliella capeneri
C. berryiAphis gossypii
C. dulcisPaoliella delottoi
C. eminii ssp. zimmermanii Aphis gossypii; Paoliella commiphorae, eastopi
C. fischeri = C. mossambicensis
C. mildbraedii Paoliella commiphoroides
C. mollisAphis (Toxoptera) citricidus
C. mossambicensis Paoliella commiphorae ssp. persimilis
C. neglectaAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Paoliella delottoi
C. pedunculataPaoliella ayari
C. pilosaPaoliella echinata, ufuasi
C. savoiaePaoliella hystrix
C. zimmermanii see C. eminii
Commiphora sp. (?) Paoliella lepidosoma

Key to aphids on Commiphora:-

1 SIPH conspicuous, longer than their basal width. Dorsal processes absent. Cauda tongue-shaped, anal plate entire…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
SIPH not longer than basal width, inconspicuous except when pigmented. Cauda with apical knob, anal plate bilobed. Often with conspicuous dorsal processes…..2
2 Apterous viviparous females (and intermediates)…..3
Alate viviparous females…..9
3 Body without dorsal processes. (Alata unknown)…..Paoliella lepidosoma
Body with conspicuous dorsal processes…..4
4 Dorsal processes maximally about 1.5 × their basal widths, with bluntly rounded apices (e.g. fig. 40E) …..5
Dorsal processes long and tapering, the longest at least 3 × their basal widths …..6
5 Dorsal processes without a basal constriction (fig. 40E). Fore tibiae often on distal part with rounded scent plaques. All femora pale brown…..Paoliella delottoi
Dorsal processes conspicuously constricted at bases. Fore tibiae without scent plaques. Middle and hind femora blackish, for femora much paler…..Paoliella eastopi
6 Dorsal processes tapering towards their rounded or pointed apices, without a trace of apical swelling (fig. 40G, H)…..7
Dorsal processes cylindrical or more-or-less expanded at their apices (figs 40I, J) …..8
7 Pleural processes absent or much reduced; most segments with only spinal and marginal processes, which are maximally about as long as ANT III (fig. 40G). R IV+V about equal in length to HT II…..Paoliella ufuasi
Pleural processes present on anterior abdominal segments, and of similar length to spinal and marginal processes, which are maximally more than 2 × ANT III (fig. 40H). R IV+V 1.1-1.2 × HT II. (Alata unknown)…..Paoliella hystrix
8 ANT PT/BASE 0.8-0.9. Dorsal processes strongly flared at apices (fig.40J), the longest less than 0.3 × BL…..Paoliella ayari
ANT PT/BASE 0.5-0.6. Dorsal processes only weakly expanded or cylindrical at apices (fig. 40I), the longest of them more than 0.3 × BL…..Paoliella echinata
9 ANT PT/BASE less than 0.6. Fore femora not clearly thicker than mid or hind femora …..10
ANT PT/BASE at least 0.67. Fore femora enlarged in comparison with mid and hind femora…..12
10 Head without processes. ANT III with 9-16 rhinaria. Fore tibiae often on distal part with rounded scent plaques…..Paoliella delottoi
Head with tubercular processes. ANT III with 4-7 or 18-32 rhinaria. Fore tibiae without scent plaques…..11
11 ANT III with 18-32 rhinaria, scattered along one side of segment. Spinal processes on ABD TERG 8 are c. 90 μm long, much longer than SIPH….. Paoliella echinata
ANT III with 4-7 rhinaria in a row. Spinal processes on ABD TERG 8 are c.35 μm long, not or hardly longer than SIPH…..Paoliella eastopi
12 Radial sector and media of forewing bordered with fuscous distally. Pronotum without spinal processes…..13
Radial sector and media not bordered distally. Pronotum with spinal processes …..14
13 ANT PT/BASE more than 1.5. Abdomen with tubercular spinal processes, all less than 2 × their basal widths (fig. 40F)…..Paoliella commiphorae
ANT PT/BASE less than 1.5. Abdomen without spinal processes …..Paoliella commiphoroides
14 Head and thorax entirely pale. Forewing vein Cu1b not bordered …..Paoliella ufuasi
Head and thorax dark or with dusky/dark markings. Forewing vein Cu1b bordered with fuscous …..15
15 Head and thorax dark. Mesothoracic dorsal processes dark and heavily spiculose (fig. 40K). ABD TERG 2-4 with long finger-like spinal processes, those on ABD TERG 5 shorter …..Paoliella ayari
Head and pronotum with dark longitudinal stripes. Mesothoracic dorsal processes dusky and not heavily spiculose. ABD TERG 1-4 all with short spinal processes, those on ABD TERG 5 being longer…..Paoliella capeneri*
ComptoniaMyricaceae
Comptonia peregrina Calaphis myricae; Illinoia azaleae, borealis

Use combined key to apterae under Myrica.

ConandronGesneriaceae
Conandron ramondioides Xenosiphonaphis conandri
CondaliaRhamnaceae
Condalia microphylla Aphis conflicta, craccivora, gossypii

Key to apterae on Condalia (also Colletia):-

ANT PT/BASE 1.0-2.1. Dorsal abdomen with variably developed but often extensive dark sclerotisation. Cauda with 7-18 hairs. Marginal tubercles (MTu) often present on ABD TERG 2-4. Longest hairs on ANT III 20-50 μm…..Aphis conflicta
Without that combination of characters …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
ConioselinumApiaceae
Conioselinum chinense Hyadaphis foeniculi
C. vaginatumAphis fabae; Cavariella aegopodii, archangelicae, konoi;
Dysaphis foeniculus

Use key to apterae on Foeniculum.

ConiumApiaceae
Conium chaerophylloides Dysaphis apiifolia
C. maculatumAnuraphis subterranea;
Aphis asclepiadis, fabae, [craccivora];
Aulacorthum solani;
Cavariella aegopodii, pastinacae, theobaldi;
Dysaphis apiifolia, apiifolia ssp. petroselini, crataegi,
foeniculus, lauberti;
Hyadaphis foeniculi, passerinii;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, gei;
Myzus ornatus; Semiaphis coniumi, [dauci]

Key to apterae on Conium:-

1ABD TERG 8 with a backwardly directed process above cauda…..2
No supracaudal process…..4
2SIPH tapering, not at all clavate…..Cavariella theobaldi
SIPH clavate…..3
3ANT PT/BASE 0.9-1.4…..Cavariella aegopodii
ANT PT/BASE 2.6-4.0…..Cavariella pastinacae
4 ANT tubercles low or absent…..5
ANT tubercles well developed, greatly exceeding height of middle of front of head in dorsal view…..14
5SIPH very short, only about 0.5 × cauda, and flangeless …..Semiaphis coniumi* (or dauci)
SIPH more than 0.8 × cauda, with a distinct flange…..6
6Cauda helmet-shaped, not longer than its basal width in dorsal view. Spinal tubercles (STu) present on head and ABD TERG 8, and sometimes on other segments…..7
Cauda tongue-shaped, much longer than its basal width. STu rare, and never on head …..10
7SIPH ornamented with close-set rows of spinules; about 1.5 × cauda, which bears 11-16 hairs. STu on all or most of ABD TERG 1-8. R IV+V 0.25-0.37 mm, 1.55-2.2 × HT II…..Anuraphis subterranea
SIPH imbricated, without spinules, about 2 × cauda which bears 4-7 hairs. STu not usually present on ABD TERG 1-5, and often not on 6 or 7. R IV+V 0.14-0.19 mm, 1.05-1.5 × HT II…..8
8Most dorsal hairs with pointed apices; those on head longer than diameter of STu on head between eyes…..9
Most dorsal hairs short with blunt apices; those on head shorter than diameter of STu …..10
9SIPH 0.17-0.29 mm. Longest hairs on ANT III 26-58 μm long, 1.25-2.3 × BD III. R IV+V 0.16-0.19 mm…..Dysaphis lauberti
SIPH 0.10-0.17 mm. Longest hairs on ANT III 18-27 μm long, 0.8-1.2(-1.6) × BD III. R IV+V 0.13-0.16 mm…..Dysaphis foeniculus
10Ventral hair on hind trochanter 0.24-0.56 × (rarely more than 0.5 ×) width of trochantro-femoral suture (see Fig. 1). Longest spinal hair on ABD TERG 8 is 11-38 μm long (rarely more than 30 μm). ABD TERG 7 frequently with marginal tubercles (MTu) …..Dysaphis apiifolia
Ventral hair on hind trochanter 0.42-1.00 × (rarely less than 0.5 ×) width of trochantro-femoral suture. Longest spinal hair on ABD TERG 8 is 25-80 μm long (rarely less than 30 μm). ABD TERG 7 rarely with MTu…..Dysaphis crataegi
11 SIPH clavate, 0.9-1.4 × cauda, which bears 5-8 hairs. Prosternum with a dark, approximately trapezoid sclerite…..12
SIPH gradually tapering, 0.8-1.9 × cauda, which bears (7-) 9-24 hairs. Prosternum without a dark trapezoid sclerite…..13
12Prosternal sclerite 1.36-2.6 × wider than long, often convex posteriorly. SIPH 1.05-1.4 × cauda. (Al. often with sec. rhin. on ANT V)…..Hyadaphis foeniculi
Prosternal sclerite 2.2-3.6 × wider than long, with straight posterior margin. SIPH 0.85-1.2 × cauda. (Al. rarely with sec. rhin. on ANT V)…..Hyadaphis passerinii
13ANT I dark, but ANT II pale or dusky, concolorous with basal half of III. Dorsal abdomen usually without any dark markings anterior to SIPH (except for dark intersegmental muscle sclerites). ANT III 1.05-1.95 × PT, (1.6-)2.0-4.0 (-5.0) × R IV+V, and 1.5-2.5 (-2.8) × cauda. SIPH 1.2-2.5 (-2.8) × cauda. HT I with 3 hairs (sense peg present). ABD TERG 8 with 2-11 hairs. (Al. with 14-40 rhinaria on ANT III)….. Aphis asclepiadis
ANT I and II both dark, contrasting with III. Dorsal abdomen usually with some small dark markings anterior to SIPH (in addition to dark intersegmental muscle sclerites). ANT III 0.65-1.3 × PT, 1.2-2.6 (-3.0) × R IV+V and 1.2-1.6 (-1.9) × cauda. SIPH 0.7-1.6 × cauda. HT I with 2 hairs (no sense peg). ABD TERG 8 with 2-5(-7) hairs. (Al. with 10-23 rhinaria on ANT III)…..Aphis fabae
14 SIPH without polygonal reticulation. ANT tubercles spiculose or scabrous, steep-sided or apically convergent, bearing blunt hairs …..go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 5
SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation. ANT tubercles smooth, divergent, bearing pointed hairs…..15
15Longest hair on ABD TERG 8 is 38-63 µm, 0.6-1.4 × ANT BD III. Anterior half of subgenital plate usually (77%) with only 2 hairs (18% with 3, 5% with 4-6 hairs)…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Longest hair on ABD TERG 8 is 66-106 µm, 1.4-2.0 × ANT BD III. Anterior half of subgenital plate with 2-11 hairs, usually with 4-8 hairs…..Macrosiphum gei
Conopharyngia see TabernaemontanaApocynaceae
Conopharyngia chippii = Tabernaemontana africana
Conopholis Orobanchaceae
Conopholis americana Aulacorthum solani; Prociphilus longianus
ConopodiumApiaceae
Conopodium denudatum = majus
C. majusAphis lambersi; Aulacorthum solani;
Cavariella aegopodii; Dysaphis crataegi;
Myzus ornatus, persicae

Use key to apterae on Daucus.

ConostegiaMelostomataceae
Conostegia subcrustulata Aphis spiraecola
ConringiaBrassicaceae
Conringia orientalis Brevicoryne brassicae; Lipaphis rossi ssp. conringiae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae
C. planisiliqua Lipaphis rossi ssp. conringiae

Key to apterae on Conringia:-

1 Dorsum without dark sclerotisation. ANT tubercles well developed. SIPH pale, 1.7-2.5 × cauda…..2
Dorsum with segmental dark markings. ANT tubercles weakly developed. SIPH dark, 0.8-1.6 × cauda…..3
2 Head spiculose, with scabrous antennal tubercles that are apically convergent. SIPH weakly clavate, without subapical polygonal reticulation…..Myzus persicae
Head with smooth antennal tubercles, their inner faces divergent. SIPH tapering/cylindrical with subapical polygonal reticulation…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
3 Dorsum with broad dark segmentally-separated cross-bands and large dark marginal sclerites. SIPH broad-based, 1.4-1.6 × cauda …..Lipaphis rossi ssp. coringiae
Dorsum with smaller spino-pleural sclerites separated in midline except on posterior tergites, and no dark marginal sclerites. SIPH not broad-based, 0.8-1.0 × cauda…..Brevicoryne brassicae
ConsolidaRanunculaceae
Consolida ajacis Brachycaudus napelli; Nasonovia jammuensis
C. ambiguaNasonovia jammuensis
C. regalisBrachycaudus aconiti, napelli
Consolida sp.Delphiniobium junackianum

Use key to apterae on Delphinium.

ConvallariaAsparagaceae
Convallaria keiskei Aulacorthum watanabei
C. majalisAphis gossypii; Aulacorthum solani, speyeri;
Illinoia wahnaga; Macrosiphum euphorbiae, pechumani;
Metopolophium dirhodum; Myzus ascalonicus, persicae

Key to apterae on Convallaria:-

1ANT tubercles weakly developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu). SIPH dark, cauda pale or dusky, rarely dark…..Aphis gossypii
ANT tubercles well developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without MTu. SIPH and cauda variously pigmented, pale or dark…..2
2Head almost smooth, without any spinules, with inner faces of ANT tubercles divergent…..3
Head spiculose, with inner faces of ANT tubercles parallel or convergent …..6
3SIPH without polygonal reticulation. Median frontal tubercle developed, so that front of head has W-shaped outline in dorsal view…..Metopolophium dirhodum
SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation (several rows of closed cells). Median frontal tubercle not developed, so that head has U- or V-shaped frontal sinus in dorsal view …..4
4Head, antennae, legs, SIPH and cauda all dark…..Macrosiphum pechumani
Head and all appendages pale, or dusky only at apices…..5
5SIPH swollen proximal to reticulated zone, to 1.2-1.4 minimal diameter of basal half. Hairs on ANT III less than 0.5 × BD III. First tarsal segments each with 5 hairs…..Illinoia wahnaga
SIPH not swollen. Hairs on ANT III 0.6-1.0 × BD III. First tarsal segments with 3 hairs …..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
6Dorsal thorax and abdomen with a distinctive and extensive pattern of dark markings. SIPH wholly dark, or dark at bases and apices…..7
Dorsum without extensive dark markings. SIPH pale except at apices…..8
7SIPH wholly dark, cauda pale. Dorsal abdomen with paired dark patches, sometimes partially fused across midline, but not extending laterally to join marginal sclerites …..Aulacorthum watanabei
SIPH dark at bases and apices, but middle section pale; cauda dusky or dark. Dorsum with extensive dark sclerotisation across ABD TERG 2-4, fused with marginal sclerites …..Aulacorthum speyeri
8 SIPH tapering gradually from base to flange. ANT III usually with 1-2 small rhinaria near base…..Aulacorthum solani
SIPH slightly to moderately clavate. ANT III never with rhinaria…..9
9SIPH clearly shorter than ANT III, with a narrow stem that is a little thinner at its narrowest point than hind tibia at midlength. Inner faces of ANT tubercles approximately parallel in dorsal view…..Myzus ascalonicus
SIPH as long as or longer than ANT III, with basal half at its narrowest point thicker than hind tibia at midlength. Inner faces of ANT tubercles apically convergent in dorsal view …..Myzus persicae
ConvolvulusConvolvulaceae
Convolvulus althaeoides = C. thunbergii
C. arvensisAcyrthosiphon gossypii;
Aphis [convolvulicola (= gossypii?)], fabae, gossypii,
nerii, [sambuci], spiraecola;
Aulacorthum solani; [Brachycaudus amygdalinus];
Brachyunguis convolvulisucta;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, [rosae]; Myzus persicae;
Rhopalosiphoninus latysiphon; Smynthurodes betae
C. betonicifoliusMyzus persicae
C. cneorumMyzus persicae; Neomyzus circumflexus
C. floridusMyzus persicae
C. major = Ipomoea purpurea
C. minor = C. tricolor
C. pseudocantabricus Uroleucon uyguricum
C. sepium = Calystegia sepium
C. soldanella = Calystegia soldanella
C. thunbergiiAphis [convolvulicola (= gossypii?)]; Aulacorthum solani;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Rhopalosiphoninus staphyleae
C. tricolor Aulacorthum solani; Myzus persicae
Convolvulus spp.Aphis althaeae, aurantii, eugeniae;
[Macrosiphum ludovicianae];
[Neomyzus convolvulicola (Zhang 1992)]

Key to apterae on Convolvulus:-

1Antennae 5-segmented. R IV+V very long (0.19-0.22 mm), narrow and pointed, 4-5 × its basal width and 1.6-2.1 × HT II…..Aphis althaeae
Without that combination of characters…..2
2SIPH c.0.3 × BL, dark, with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.13-0.16 of length. ANT III with 15-21 rhinaria extending over 0.70-0.75 of length …..Uroleucon uyguricum
SIPH (if present) pale or dark, if dark then without polygonal reticulation. ANT III without or with fewer rhinaria…..3
3ANT PT/BASE c.0.5. SIPH c.0.8 × cauda …..Brachyunguis convolvulisucta*
ANT PT/BASE more than 1, or less than 0.25. SIPH (if present) longer than cauda …..4
4 SIPH pale and attenuated distally, thinner than hind tibia at their respective midpoints, and 2.5-3.5 × cauda…..Acyrthosiphon gossypii
SIPH (if present) pale or dark, thicker than hind tibia at their respective midpoints, and less than 2.5 × cauda…..5
5Hind tibiae with a row of short, peg-like or spine-like hairs on basal 0.7, clearly differ-entiated from other tibial hairs, which are usually long and pointed. SIPH cylindrical or tapering and black, cauda black. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu) …..6
Hind tibiae without a row of peg-like “comb” hairs. SIPH (if present) and cauda pale or dark, ABD TERG 1 and 7 with or without MTu …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
6SIPH 1.0-1.8 × ANT III. ANT PT/BASE 2.3-3.5. HT I with 3 hairs. No sclerotic ridges on abdominal sternites 5 and 6…..Aphis eugeniae
SIPH 0.5-0.9 × ANT III. ANT PT/BASE 3.5-5.3. HT I with 2 hairs. ABD TERG 5 and 6 with sclerotic (stridulatory) ridges…..Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
ConyzaAsteraceae
C. aegyptiacaBrachycaudus helichrysi; Uroleucon erigeronense
C. angustifolia (?) Aphis spiraecola; Brachycaudus helichrysi
C. bonariensisAphis gossypii, spiraecola; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
(incl. var. leiotheca) Illinoia goldamaryae; [Longisiphoniella subterranea];
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae;
Protrama longitarsus ssp. sclerodensis;
Uroleucon ambrosiae, bereticum, compositae, erigeronense,
gravicorne, picridis
C. canadensisAphis craccivora, erigerontis, [euphorbiae], [exsors],
(incl. var. pusilla) fabae, gossypii, lugentis, [meijigusae Shinji 1922],
nasturtii, [plantaginis], spiraecola;
Aulacorthum solani; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
Illinoia goldamaryae; [Longicaudus trirhodus];
Macrosiphoniella yomenae;
[Macrosiphum sp. – Leonard 1972b: 192];
Myzus ascalonicus, ornatus, persicae; Nasonovia ribisnigri;
Neomyzus circumflexus; Prociphilus erigeronensis,
Protaphis middletonii;
Protrama longitarsus ssp. sclerodensus;
Uroleucon ambrosiae, [cichorii], erigeronense,
gravicorne, macgillivrayae, [monticola],
pseudambrosiae, simile, [sonchi], [tschuense],
Uroleucon sp. (Oregon, BMNH collection)
C. floribunda = bonariensis var. leiotheca
C. gouanii (?)Aphis gossypii; Aulacorthum solani; Myzus ornatus
C. hochstetterii Aulacorthum solani
C. ivifolia = C. bonariensis
C. japonicaAphis gossypii, spiraecola;
[Macrosiphoniella formosartemisiae]; Myzus ornatus
C. laevigataUroleucon gravicorne
C. lyrata = Blumea viscosa
C. notobellidiastrum Myzus ornatus
C. primulifolia = Erigeron primulifolium
C. scabridaAphis gossypii
C. steudeliiMyzus ornatus; Uroleucon compositae
C. strictaAphis gossypii; Brachycaudus helichrysi; Nasonovia rostrata;
[Sitobion sp.]; Uroleucon erigeronense
C. sumatrensisAphis gossypii, spiraecola; Aulacorthum solani;
Brachycaudus helichrysi; Macrosiphum euphorbiae;
Myzus ornatus; Sitobion autriquei; Uroleucon compositae
C. transvaalensis = C. aegyptiaca
C. volkensii = C. steudelii
Conyza sp. [Hyperomyzus lactucae]; Uroleucon remaudiereorum

Key to apterae on Conyza:-

1ANT PT/BASE less than 1. SIPH absent, or present as pores on low hairy cones …..2
ANT PT/BASE more than 1. SIPH tubular…..3
2Hind tarsi very elongate, more than 0.5 × hind tibiae. SIPH present as pores on hairy cones. Dorsum with pattern of dark sclerotisation. Cauda and anal plate not protrusive…..Protrama sp. (longitarsus ssp. sclerodensus?)
Hind tarsus of normal length. SIPH absent. Dorsum without dark sclerotisation. Cauda and anal plate forming a protrusion at end of abdomen …..Prociphilus erigeronensis
3 SIPH with subapical reticulation (at least 2-3 rows of closed polygonal cells) …..4
SIPH without polygonal reticulation…..19
4SIPH entirely dark…..5
SIPH pale or with a pale basal section…..13
5Dorsum with an extensive dark shield, continuous over ABD TERG 1-6. ANT III with 1-7 rhinaria. SIPH with polygonal reticulation on distal 0.12-0.19 of length …..Sitobion autriquei
Dorsum without extensive dark sclerotisation, at most with scleroites at base of hairs. ANT III with 8-97 rhinaria. SIPH with polygonal reticulation extending over distal 0.19-0.4 of length…..6
6Cauda and coxae dark…..7
Cauda and coxae pale, or somewhat dusky…..9
7SIPH 0.8-1.2 × cauda. Large, crescent-shaped antesiphuncular sclerites present …..Macrosiphoniella yomenae
SIPH 1.3-2.3 × cauda. Antesiphuncular sclerites absent…..8
8SIPH 1.3-1.6 × cauda, with distal 0.19-0.23 reticulated. Cauda with 11-14 (-17) hairs …..Uroleucon simile
SIPH 1.7-2.3 × cauda, with distal 0.20-0.35 (mostly at least 0.25) reticulated. Cauda with 13-20 hairs…..Uroleucon compositae
9SIPH usually at least 1.6 × cauda, which is 0.24-0.35 mm long and bears 7-12 hairs…..Uroleucon tucumani
SIPH usually at most 1.6 × cauda, which is 0.30-0.83 mm long and bears 9-31 hairs …..10
10 Cauda 0.35-0.47 mm long, and somewhat dusky, not contrastingly pale in comparison with SIPH and distal parts of hind femora. Scleroites at bases of dorsal hairs very pale and inconspicuous…..Uroleucon bereticum
Cauda 0.46-0.85 mm long, and contrastingly pale compared with SIPH and distal parts of hind femora. Dorsal hairs mostly arising from small dusky or dark scleroites …..11
11R IV+V very long, 1.45-1.85 × HT II…..Uroleucon picridis
R IV+V 0.90-1.43 × HT II…..12
12HT II rather long and thin, about 6 × its maximum thickness, and 0.9-1.1 × R IV+V…..Uroleucon pseudambrosiae
HT II shorter, less than 5 × its maximum thickness and 0.7-0.85 × R IV+V …..Uroleucon ambrosiae
13SIPH dark distally, with pale basal section, and polygonal reticulation on 0.21-0.45 of length. ANT III with 5-37 rhinaria. Cauda tapering to a very thin apex, with subapical hairs usually shorter and often blunter than lateral hairs…..14
SIPH entirely pale, or dusky only towards apices, and reticulation on distal 0.03-0.20. ANT III with 1-10 rhinaria. Cauda tapering or finger-like, not very thin at apex, with any subapical hairs similar to lateral hairs…..18
14SIPH 1.9-2.5 × cauda. MTu absent from ABD TERG 1-5…..15
SIPH 1.1-1.7 × cauda. MTu usually present on some of ABD TERG 1-5 …..16
15 ANT III with 15-25 rhinaria extending over 0.6-0.8 of length. R IV+V with 12-17 accessory hairs…..Uroleucon remaudiereorum*
ANT III with 8-20 rhinaria not extending beyond basal 0.6 of length. R IV+V with 6-9 accessory hairs…..Uroelucon erigeronense
16Second tarsal segments with proximal ventral hairs atrophied. R IV+V 1.1-1.4 × HT II…..Uroleucon gravicorne
Second tarsal segments with proximal ventral hairs fully developed. R IV+V 0.8-1.0 × HT II…..17
17SIPH 1.9-2.1 × cauda and reticulated over distal 0.28-0.32, the length of the reticulated section being 1.7-1.9 × HT II. Diameter of secondary rhinaria about half diameter of ANT III, and thin-walled, with a lumen more than half their outer diameter …..Uroleucon sp., (Michigan, USA, BMNH collection)
SIPH 1.1-1.6 × cauda and reticulated over distal 0.15-0.35, the length of the reticulated section being 0.65-1.2 × HT II. Secondary rhinaria smaller, 0.25-0.4 × diameter of ANT III, and thick-walled, with a lumen about half their outer diameter …..Uroleucon macgillivrayae
18 Hairs on ANT III very short and inconspicuous, the longest about 0.33 × BD III. SIPH clearly somewhat swollen proximal to reticulated subapical zone, which is only 0.03-0.05 of total length of SIPH (Fig.49a)…..Illinoia goldamaryae
Hairs on ANT III conspicuous, the longest 0.5 × BD III or longer. SIPH cylindrical or very slightly swollen proximal to reticulated subapical zone, which is 0.13-0.2 of its total length …..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
19Spiracular pores on thorax very large and rounded, more than 4 × larger than those on abdomen…..20
Spiracular pores on thorax not distinctly larger than those on abdomen …..21
20R IV+V 0.16-0.19 mm long, 1.2-1.6 × HT II, and bearing 8-12 accessory hairs …..Nasonovia ribisnigri
R IV+V 0.21-0.33 mm long, about 2 × HT II, and bearing 22-30 accessory hairs …..Nasonovia rostrata
21Spiracular pores large and rounded. Cauda helmet-shaped, a little shorter than its basal width, with 4-6 hairs. SIPH smooth, pale, conical, with a subapical circumcision below the flange…..Brachycaudus helichrysi
Spiracular apertures reniform. Cauda tongue- or finger-shaped, or if short then bluntly triangular with more than 10 hairs. SIPH imbricated, and without a subapical circumcision …..22
22ANT tubercles weakly developed, not projecting beyond middle of front of head in dorsal view. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu)…..23
ANT tubercles well developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without MTu…..go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 4
23Dorsal abdomen with an extensive solid black sclerite centred on ABD TERG 4-5. Cauda black like SIPH, tongue-shaped, rather pointed and bearing 4-7 hairs …..Aphis craccivora
Dorsal abdomen with or without dark markings, but without an extensive solid black sclerite. Cauda pale or dark, but if black then usually with more than 7 hairs …..24
24ANT with secondary rhinaria on III-V, and usually also on VI (distributed III (5-)13-30, IV 7-21, V 3-18, VI 0-7)…..Aphis erigerontis
ANT III and IV without or with fewer secondary rhinaria, and none on V or VI …..25
25SIPH mainly pale or dusky, only dark towards apices…..Aphis nasturtii
SIPH uniformly dark…..26
26Cauda bearing 4-7 hairs and much paler than SIPH…..Aphis gossypii
Cauda bearing 7-25 hairs, and black like SIPH…..27
27 Tibiae wholly dark. ANT III and IV usually with rhinaria. ABD TERG 8 with 5-10 hairs. ANT PT/BASE 1.3-1.9.…..Aphis lugentis
Tibiae mainly pale, darker at apices. ANT III and IV with or without rhinaria. ABD TERG 8 with 2-7 hairs. ANT PT/BASE 1.6-3.7…..28
28ANT III and IV often with rhinaria. Cauda bluntly triangular, about as long as its basal width, shorter than R IV+V…..Protaphis middletonii
ANT III and IV without rhinaria. Cauda tongue-shaped, longer than its basal width, 1.5-2.5 × R IV+V…..29
29ANT III 0.9-1.2 × cauda, which usually has a distinct midlength constriction and bears 6-15 (usually 9-11) hairs. Dorsal abdomen without any dark markings …..Aphis spiraecola
ANT III 1.2-1.9 × cauda which is usually without any constriction and bears 11-24 hairs. Dorsal abdomen usually with scattered dark markings anterior to SIPH and dark cross-bands on ABD TERG 7 and 8…..Aphis fabae
Copernicia Arecaceae
Copernicia prunifera Cerataphis brasiliensis

Use key to apterae on palms under Calamus.

Coprosma Rubiaceae
Coprosma crassifolia Aphis coprosmae
C. grandifoliaAulacorthum solani
C. repensMyzus persicae
C. rigidaAphis coprosmae
C. rubraAphis coprosmae
Coprosma sp.?Staegeriella sp. (Tasmania: BMNH collection and Tasmania Department of Agriculture)

Key to apterae on Coprosma:-

1Head smooth, with ANT tubercles undeveloped. ANT PT only 0.9-1.1 × ANT V, and PT/BASE 1.3-1.5. (Al. with 0-1 rhinaria on ANT III)…..Aphis coprosmae
Without that combination of characters …..2
2Head smooth, with ANT tubercles weakly developed. SIPH dark, clavate, c.1.0-1.2 × the long, dark, finger-like cauda. SIPH c.0.15 × BL, and c.0.4 × ANT PT. PT/BASE c.3.6…..?Staegeriella sp. (Tasmania, BMNH collection, leg. M Williams)
Without that combination of characters…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
CorallorhizaOrchidaceae
Corallorhiza maculata Macrosiphum corallorhizae
C. multiflora = C. maculata
C. striataMacrosiphum corallorhizae, euphorbiae

Couplet to separate apterae of these two species:-

(Both are spindle-shaped aphids with SIPH having subapical zone of polygonal reticulation.)

SIPH 0.25-0.35 × BL. ANT 0.9-1.4 × BL…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
SIPH 0.45-0.52 × BL. ANT 1.5-1.6 × BL…..Macrosiphum corallorhizae
Corchorus Tiliaceae
Corchorus capsularis Aphis gossypii; Uroleucon compositae
C. fascicularisAphis gossypii
C. olitoriusAphis gossypii; [Uroleucon sp. (“jaceae”)]
C. tridensAphis gossypii
Corchorus sp. [Indomegoura regiosetosa Zhang 1992 – vagrant alatae?]

Use key to polyphagous aphids

Cordia Boraginaceae
Cordia abyssinica = C. africana
C. africana[Aphis sp. (Leonard 1972)];
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae
C. alba Aphis spiraecola
C. alliodora Aphis aurantii, spiraecola
C. corymbosa = C. polycephala
C. dentata = C. alba
C. gerascanthusAphis aurantii, craccivora, gossypii
C. macrostachyaAphis gossypii
C. myxa Aphis gossypii
C. nitida Aphis spiraecola
C. polycephalaUroleucon ambrosiae
C. trichotomaMacrosiphum euphorbiae

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CordylineAsparagaceae
Cordyline australis Rhopalosiphum padi
C. fruticosaAphis aurantii, craccivora, gossypii, spiraecola;
Myzus persicae; Neomyzus circumflexus
C. indivisaRhopalosiphum padi
C. obtecta[Rhopalosiphum sp. “x” of Valenzuela et al. 2009 (in
New Zealand; see Teulon et al. 2013)]
C. terminalis = C. fruticosa
Cordyline spp.Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

Coreopsis (including Leptosyne) Asteraceae
Coreopsis aristosa = Bidens aristosa
C. auriculataUroleucon ambrosiae
C. crassifolia = C. lanceolata
C. grandifloraAphis fabae
C. lanceolataAphis coreopsidis
C. majorAulacorthum solani; Uroleucon reynoldense
C. tinctoriaAphis fabae; [Uroleucon jaceae (misident. compositae?)]
C. tripterisUroleucon ambrosiae, reynoldense
C. verticillataAphis fabae
Coreopsis spp.[Aphis andreinii del Guercio – nomen dubium];
[Cavariella capreae];
Geopemphigus sp. (North Carolina, USA; BMNH
collection, leg. R. Chalfont));
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus ornatus;
[Pemphigus indicus Kieffer (Wilson & Vickery 1918];
Uroleucon compositae

Key to apterae on Coreopsis:-

1ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5. SIPH absent. Eyes of only 3 facets…..2
ANT PT/BASE more than 1. SIPH present, tubular. Eyes multifaceted…..3
2R IV without accesssory hairs. HT II with only 4 accessory hairs. Hind tibiae and HT I with short thick distal hairs c.0.3 × diameter of tibia and much shorter than HT I …..Pemphigus sp.
R IV with 2 accessory hairs. HT II with 8-15 accessory hairs. Hind tibiae and HT I with fine distal hairs more than 0.5 × diameter of tibia and as long as or longer than HT I…..Geopemphigus sp.
3SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation. ANT tubercles well developed, smooth, divergent. ANT III with rhinaria…..4
SIPH without subapical reticulation. ANT tubercles weakly developed, or if well developed then head spiculose. ANT III with or without rhinaria…..7
4SIPH pale, with reticulation on distal 0.1-0.2 of length. ANT III with 1-10 rhinaria …..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
SIPH black, with reticulation on more than 0.2 of length. ANT III with 8-37 rhinaria …..5
5SIPH 1.7-2.3 × cauda, which is dark…..Uroleucon compositae
SIPH maximally 1.5 × cauda, which is pale or dusky…..6
6Tibiae uniformly black…..Uroleucon reynoldense
Tibiae with paler section on basal half…..Uroleucon ambrosiae
7Head spiculose with well-developed, steep-sided or apically convergent ANT tubercles. SIPH pale or dark. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without marginal tubercles (MTu)…..go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 5
Head without spicules, ANT tubercles weakly developed. SIPH dark. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with MTu…..8
8 SIPH 0.24-0.40 × BL, about twice as long as the much paler cauda. Head, ANT I, II and basal part of III very pale, contrasting with dark rest of ANT. Longest hair on ANT III less than 0.4 × BD III..….Aphis coreopsidis
SIPH less than 0.2 × BL. Cauda black. Head dusky and ANT I-II dark, ANT III-V mainly pale, VI darker. Longest hair on ANT III 0.8-3.4 × BD III…..Aphis fabae
CoriandrumApiaceae
Coriandrum sativum Aphis craccivora, fabae, gossypii, spiraecola;
Brachycaudus helichrysi; Cavariella aegopodii, theobaldi;
Hyadaphis coriandri, foeniculi; Macrosiphum gei;
Myzus ornatus, persicae; Neomyzus circumflexus;
[Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale]; Semiaphis heraclei

Key to apterae on Coriandrum:-

1ABD TERG 8 with a backwardly directed process above cauda…..2
No supracaudal process…..3
2SIPH tapering, not at all clavate. ANT PT/BASE 2.1-3.5 …..Cavariella theobaldi
SIPH clavate. ANT PT/BASE 0.9-1.4…..Cavariella aegopodii
3 SIPH very small and flangeless, only about 0.5 of length of cauda or less, with aperture slanted towards midline…..Semiaphis heraclei
SIPH at least 0.6 of length of cauda, and with a distinct flange…..4
4SIPH cylindrical and with polygonal reticulation over distal 0.09-0.17 of length. Cauda with 11-21 hairs. Subgenital plate with 2-11 (usually 4-7) hairs on anterior half …..Macrosiphum gei
SIPH without distal polygonal reticulation and/or cauda and anterior half of subgenital plate with fewer hairs…..5
5 SIPH 0.6-1.4 × cauda, slightly swollen distally, with a constriction proximal to the flange …..6
SIPH tapering, cylindrical or clavate; if swollen distally then more than 1.5 × cauda and without a constriction proximal to flange …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
6SIPH clavate, 0.88-1.4 × cauda, 1.7-3.1 × R IV+V and 3.1-5.1 × longer than their minimum diameter on basal half…..Hyadaphis foeniculi
SIPH barrel-shaped, 0.6-0.82 × cauda, 0.9-1.6 × R IV+V and 1.6-2.7 × their minimum diameter on basal half…..Hyadaphis coriandri
CoriariaCoriariaceae
Coriaria arboreaBrachycaudus helichrysi
C. japonicaAphis gossypii;
[Macrosiphum coriariae Shinji 1922 – nomen dubium]

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

CoridothymusLamiaceae
Coridothymus capitatus = Thymbra capitata
Corispermum (including Coryspermum) Amaranthaceae
Corispermum aralocaspicum Brachyunguis harmalae, [zygophylli]
C. koroviniiAphis craccivora
C. lehmannianum [Brachyunguis cynanchi]
C. marschalliiAphis craccivora, vladimirovae; Semiaphis coryspermi
C. orientaleSemiaphis coryspermi

Key to apterae on Corispermum:-

1ANT PT/BASE less than 1…..Brachunguis harmalae
ANT PT/BASE more than 1…..2
2SIPH c. 0.5 × cauda. Marginal tubercles (MTu) absent …..Semiaphis coryspermi*
SIPH 1.1-2.1 × cauda. MTu present at least on prothorax and ABD TERG 1 and 7 …..2
3Large conical MTu present on ABD TERG 2-5 as well as 1 and 7. R IV+V 1.5-1.62 × HT II Dorsal abdomen with only sparse or broken sclerites …..Aphis vladimirovae*
MTu only ABD TERG 1 and 7. R IV+V 0.85-1.2 × HT II. Dorsal abdomen usually with a solid black shield…..Aphis craccivora
Cornus Dogwoods Cornaceae

Cornus is the primary host of the genus Anoecia, and the primary or only host of seven species of Aphis. In both these genera some species are difficult to separate, and identifications made with the following key need to be treated with caution. The North American Cornus-feeding species of the genus Aphis were reviewed by Robinson & Chen (1969). For Anoecia only the alatae (i.e., the spring migrant fundatrigeniae leaving Cornus in spring, and the sexuparae returning to it in autumn) are keyed, as in several species the only apterous morphs on Cornus are the fundatrix in spring and the sexuales in autumn.

Cornus alba Anoecia corni, major, oenotherae, vagans; Aphis salicariae;
Aulacorthum solani; Macrosiphum euphorbiae;
Myzus persicae
C. alternifoliaAnoecia corni; Macrosiphum hamiltoni
C. amomum (incl ssp. obliqua) Anoecia corni, cornicola, oenotherae;
Aphis cornifoliae, spiraecola; Myzus persicae
C. asperifoliaAnoecia corni; [Aphis cirsiioleracei];
Pseudasiphonaphis corni
C. australisAnoecia corni, vagans; Aphis salicariae
C. baileyiAnoecia corni
C. brachypoda Anoecia corni, fulviabdominalis; Macrosiphum cornifoliae
C. bretschneideriAnoecia corni
C. candidisssimaAulacorthum solani
C. capitata Myzus ornatus
C. chinensis Myzus persicae
C. controversa Anoecia corni, fulviabdominalis, [ilicicola], japonica,
tanakai;
Aphis odinae; Macrosiphum cornifoliae;
[Siphocoryne cornicolum Matsumura 1918]
C. coreana Anoecia corni, fulviabdominalis; Aphis odinae
C. florida Anoecia corni; Aphis cornifoliae
C. foeminaAnoecia corni
C. glabrataAnoecia corni
C. ibericaAnoecia corni
C. kousa Anoecia tanakai; Macrosiphum cornifoliae
C. macrophylla[Anoecia ?himalayensis]
C. mas Anoecia corni, [cornimaris Bozhko 1957];
Aphis asclepiadis, gossypii, salicariae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
C. microcarpa = C. asperifolia
C. obliqua = C. amomum ssp. obliqua
C. officinalis Anoecia tanakai; Aphis odinae
C. paniculata Anoecia oenotherae; Aphis cornifoliae, [maculatae?]
C. poliophylla = C. schindleri ssp. poliophylla
C. pubescens = C. sericea ssp. occidentalis
C. pumila = C. alba
C. racemosa Grey Dogwood
Aphis caliginosa, impatientis; Myzus persicae
C. rugosaAnoecia corni
C. sanguinea Bloodtwig Dogwood
Anoecia corni, [cornimaris], [furcata], [haupti], major,
vagans;
Aphis asclepiadis, cornifoliae, fabae, salicariae, spiraecola
C. schindleri (ssp. poliophylla) Anoecia corni
C. sericea (incl ssp. Red-Osier Dogwood
occidentalis)Anoecia corni, cornicola, oenotherae;
Aphis asclepiadis, cornifoliae, fabae, maculatae,
neogillettei, nigratibialis, salicariae, spiraecola;
Aulacorthum solani;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, hamiltoni, manitobense,
[Macrosiphum sp. (British Columbia)];
Myzus persicae
C. stolonifera = C. sericea
Cornus sp. Anoecia fulviabdominalis ssp. similis, takahashii;
Prociphilus cornifoliae

Key to aphids on Cornus (cannot be applied to fundatrices or sexual morphs):-

1 ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5…..2
ANT PT/BASE 1.0 or more…..14
2 Well-developed wax pore plates present on head, thorax and abdomen. SIPH pores absent. BL of adult aptera more than 3 mm, and dorsum pale. Forewing of alata with unbranched media and pterostigma much longer than wide…..Prociphilus cornifoliae
Wax pore plates not developed. SIPH present as pores on low hairy cones (fig. 41A). BL of adult aptera less than 3mm, and dorsum dark or at least with dark cross-bands. Forewing of alata with once-branched media and short, wide, black pterostigma. (Only spring and autumn migrant alatae are keyed to species) …..3
3 Large, flat, round marginal tubercles situated near spiracles on ABD TERG 1-7, including 5 and 6 (anterioventral and posterioventral to SIPH, dorsal to spiracles; arrowed in fig. 41A), although sometimes reduced in size, and occasionally missing on one or more segments …..4
Large, flat, round marginal tubercles on ABD TERG 1-4 and 7, but usually absent from 5 and always absent from 6 …..7
4 Alata without a large dark dorsal abdominal patch …..spring migrant of Anoecia vagans
Alata with a large dark dorsal abdominal patch…..5
5 Alata usually without secondary rhinaria on ANT V, and never on VI. ABD TERG 3-5 often with one or more short spatulate hairs …..autumn migrant of Anoecia vagans
Alata with 1-4 secondary rhinaria on ANT V, and 0-2 on ANT VI. ABD TERG 3-5 with only acute hairs…..6
6 ANT III of alata with 9-17 rhinaria. R IV+V usually less than 0.9 × HT II …..Anoecia corni
ANT III of alata with 13-22 rhinaria. R IV+V usually more than 0.9 × HT II …..Anoecia major
7 Alata with 0-3, often small, secondary rhinaria on ANT III, and without a solid dark dorsal abdominal patch (but often in autumn with cross bands on ABD TERG 4-6) …..Anoecia oenotherae
Alata with 4 or more, usually large, secondary rhinaria on ANT III, and with a solid dark patch on ABD TERG 4-6 (except spring migrant of A. cornicola?)…..8
8 Alata with all hairs on ABD TERG 1-3 small, similar in size to those on ABD TERG 4-6 …..Anoecia cornicola
Alata with hairs on at least ABD TERG 1 and 2 mostly long and fine, often more than twice as long as those on the dark patch on ABD TERG 4-6…..9
9 R IV+V with 16-24 accessory hairs …..Anoecia tanakai (autumn migrant sexupara)*
R IV+V with 6-12 accessory hairs (spring migrant alatae) …..10
10 R IV+V 0.16-0.18 mm long, with 10-12 accessory hairs. Marginal tubercles very large, those on ABD TERG 7 about twice the diameter of the SIPH aperture…..Anoecia takahashii (spring migrant)
R IV+V 0.12-0.17 mm long, with 5-8 accessory hairs. Marginal tubercles usually smaller, those on ABD TERG 7 less than twice diameter of SIPH aperture…..11
11 Hairs on dorsal abdominal patch maximally 18-30 μm long. R IV+V 0.14-0.17 mm long…..Anoecia japonica* (spring migrants)
Hairs on dorsal abdominal patch maximally 32-90 μm long. R IV+V 0.11-0.13 mm long …..13
13 Hairs on dorsal abdominal patch maximally 32-47 μm long …..Anoecia fulviabdominalis s.str. (spring migrant)
Hairs on dorsal abdominal patch maximally 73-91 μm long…..Anoecia fulviabdominalis ssp. similis (spring migrant)*
14 SIPH very small, papillate. Marginal tubercles well developed, longer than wide, of similar size on all of ABD TERG 1-7 (fig. 41B) …..Pseudasiphonaphis corni
SIPH tubular, tapering or cylindrical. Marginal tubercles absent or weakly developed on ABD TERG 2-6; if present then smaller than on prothorax and ABD TERG 1 and 7…..15
15 Antennal tubercles weakly developed or undeveloped…..16
Antennal tubercles well developed…..27
16Hairs on ANT III more than 2 × longer than basal diameter of segment. SIPH clearly shorter than cauda. Closely-spaced spinulose ridges present on ABD sternites 5 and 6 …..Aphis odinae
Hairs on ANT III less than 2 × longer than basal diameter of segment. SIPH usually as long as or longer than cauda. No evident spinulose ridges on ABD sternites 5 and 6 …..17
17 Hairs on ANT III short, maximally 35 µm, shorter than or about equal to middle diameter of segment…..18
Hairs on ANT III long, maximally 35-75 µm, all or most clearly exceeding middle diameter of segment…..23
18 Marginal tubercles present on prothorax and on ABD TERG 2-5 as well as 1 and 7; those on prothorax, 1 and 7 being exceptionally large and broad-based (fig. 41C) …..Aphis caliginosa
Marginal tubercles usually present only on prothorax and ABD TERG 1 and 7, and these are not unusually large…..19
19 Cauda finger-like, with a slight constriction basad of midpoint, the distal part elongate oval (fig. 121T) …..Aphis spiraecola
Cauda tongue-shaped or bluntly triangular, without elongate oval distal part …..20
20 Aptera with ANT III usually more than 1.3 × PT (except in very small specimens). Alata with 15-36 secondary rhinaria on ANT III, and usually none (sometimes 1-2) on ANT IV …..Aphis asclepiadis
Aptera with ANT III usually less than 1.3 × PT. Alata with 3-17 secondary rhinaria on ANT III, and 0-10 on ANT IV…..21
21 Hind femora pale (aptera) or pale on basal third (alata); SIPH dark, cauda pale or dusky. SIPH tapering and usually rather straight…..Aphis gossypii
SIPH and cauda all uniformly dark, hind femora dark or only pale near base. SIPH tapering or cylindrical, and often curved outwards…..22
22 SIPH 1.2-2.0 × cauda, hardly broader at base than at apex (fig. 41D). Longest hairs on ANT III are 7-16 μm. Presiphuncular sclerites absent …..Aphis cornifoliae
SIPH 0.9-1.6 × cauda, and much broader at base than at apex. Hairs on ANT III maximally 4-13 μm. Presiphuncular sclerites present…..Aphis impatientis
23 Tibiae of cleared specimens uniformly dark…..Aphis nigratibialis
Tibiae of cleared specimens pale, or dark only apically…..24
24 SIPH long, about 0.25 of BL. Aptera with 15-22 secondary rhinaria on ANT III …..Aphis maculatae
SIPH much less than 0.25 of BL. ANT III of aptera usually without secondary rhinaria (rarely 1-4)…..25
25 Cauda with 11-27 hairs. Dorsal hairs on ABD TERG 1-6 usually less than 40 µm long. SIPH usually rather straight (fig. 121R)…..Aphis fabae
Cauda with 6-11 hairs. Dorsal hairs on ABD TERG 1-6 usually long, more than 40 µm. SIPH often curved outwards distally (figs 41E, F)…..26
26 ABD TERG 8 with 3-6 hairs. SIPH of aptera about 5 × longer than their width at base (fig. 41E). Alata without dark dorsal markings on ABD TERG 1-6 …..Aphis neogillettei
ABD TERG 8 with 6-12 hairs. SIPH of aptera only 2-3 × longer than their width at base (fig. 41F). Alata with dark bars or sclerotic patches on ABD TERG 1-6…..Aphis salicariae
27 Antennal tubercles with inner faces divergent in dorsal view (fig. 42K). SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation…..28
Antennal tubercles with inner faces parallel or convergent in dorsal view (figs 42I, J). SIPH without subapical polygonal reticulation…..31
28 Cauda long and finger-like, 0.14-0.2 of BL. Hairs on ANT III more than 0.5 of middle diameter of segment…..29
Cauda short, about 0.1 of BL. Hairs on ANT III less than 0.5 of middle diameter of segment …..30
29 SIPH 1.5-2.1 × cauda and reticulated over distal 13-25%. R IV+V 0.9-1.1 × HT II …..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
SIPH 2.3-2.5 × cauda and reticulated over distal 6-11%. R IV+V 1.05-1.20 × HT II …..Macrosiphum hamiltoni
30 ANT BASE VI less than 0.2 mm, much shorter than ANT I + II measured together …..Macrosiphum manitobense
ANT BASE VI about 0.3 mm, as long as ANT I + II measured together …..Macrosiphum cornifoliae
31 Antennal tubercles with inner faces approximately parallel in dorsal view (fig. 42J). ANT III of aptera usually with a single rhinarium near base. SIPH straight, tapering from base to flange (fig. 121K) …..Aulacorthum solani
Antennal tubercles with inner faces convergent in dorsal view (fig. 42I). ANT III of aptera never with any rhinaria. SIPH tapering with a slight S-curve, or slightly swollen on distal half …..32
32 ANT PT/BASE less than 2.5. Aptera with a dorsal intersegmental pattern of dark ornamentation (fig. 121J). SIPH coarsely imbricated, with a slight S-curve. Alata with dark transverse bands on dorsal abdomen…..Myzus ornatus
ANT PT/BASE more than 3.0. Aptera without any clear dorsal markings. SIPH slightly swollen on distal half (fig. 121H). Alata with a solid dark dorsal patch …..Myzus persicae
Coronaria see LychnisCaryophyllaceae
CoronillaFabaceae
Coronilla coronata Acyrthosiphon pisum; [Aphis sp. – Leonard 1972a, 99];
Myzus persicae
C. emerus = Hippocrepis emerus
C. glauca = C. valentina ssp. glauca
C. minimaAphis craccivora; Therioaphis langloisi
C. montana = C. coronata
C. pusilla (?)Aphis coronillae
C. rostrata = Securigera parviflora
C. valentinaAcyrthosiphon caraganae; Myzus ornatus
C. valentina ssp. glauca [Aphis sp. – Leonard 1972a, 99]; Myzus persicae;
Therioaphis langloisi
C. varia = Securigera varia

Key to apterae on Coronilla (also includes aphids found on Hippocrepis and Securigera):-

1ANT PT/BASE about 0.5. Cauda knobbed, anal plate bilobed. SIPH as small pores on dark shallow cones…..2
ANT PT/BASE much more than 1. Cauda tongue- or finger-shaped, anal plate entire. SIPH tubular…..3
2Dorsal abdominal hairs hardly discernible, much shorter than ANT BD III, without tuberculate bases. Dorsal sclerotisation in transverse bands…..Therioaphis langloisi
Dorsal abdominal hairs conspicuous, mostly on separate dark sclerites, and with tuberculate bases…..Therioaphis trifolii
3Dark aphids with dorsal dark sclerotisation and weakly developed ANT tubercles …..4
Pale aphids without dorsal sclerotisation, with well-developed ANT tubercles …..8
4SIPH 0.7-1.1 × cauda…..Aphis craccae
SIPH 1.2-2.0 × cauda…..5
5ABD TERG 2-6 (as well as 1 and 7) with rather large marginal tubercles (MTu) …..Aphis coronillae
ABD TERG 2-6 without or rarely with small MTu…..6
6Posterior hair on hind trochanter 0.15-0.4 × width of trochantro-femoral suture …..Aphis vineti
Posterior hair on hind trochanter (0-4-)0.5-1.1 × width of trochantro-femoral suture …..7
7R IV+V 0.88-1.16 × HT II (mostly 0.9-1.05 X). Anterior half of genital plate with 2 (-3) hairs…..Aphis craccivora
R IV+V 0.97-1.3 × HT II (mostly 1.06-1.2 X). Anterior half of genital plate with 2-8 hairs (mode 4, mean 5.2)…..Aphis cytisorum
8Head spiculose with inner faces of ANT tubercles almost parallel or convergent apically. ANT III with or without rhinaria.….9
Head smooth with inner faces of ANT tubercles divergent. ANT III usually with 1 or more rhinaria near base…..11
9Inner faces of antennal tubercles almost parallel. ANT III usually with 1 or 2 small rhinaria near base. ANT PT/BASE 4.0-5.5…..Aulacorthum solani
Inner faces of antennal tubercles apically convergent. ANT III without rhinaria. ANT PT/BASE 1.75-4.5…..10
10SIPH slightly clavate. ANT PT/BASE (2.8-)3.1-4.5. Dorsal abdomen without dark intersegmental markings…..Myzus persicae
SIPH tapering with a slight “S”-curve. ANT PT/BASE 1.75-2.8. Dorsal abdomen with a pattern of dark intersegmental markings…..Myzus ornatus
11SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.6-1.0 × BD III…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
SIPH without any polygonal reticulation. Hairs on ANT III short and blunt, the longest 0.2-0.4 × BD III…..12
12ANT I longer than wide and bearing 9-23 hairs. SIPH attenuate distally, thinner than hind tibia at midlength…..Acyrthosiphon pisum
ANT I not longer than wide, bearing 6-10 hairs. SIPH not attenuate distally, as thick as or thicker than hind tibia at midlength…..13
13SIPH gradually tapering from base to flange, 1.5-2.1 × cauda and 4.7-7.7 × R IV+V (which is 0.126-0.143 mm long)…..Acyrthosiphon caraganae
SIPH tapering from base but almost cylindrical on distal half; 1.2-1.7 × cauda and 4.3-4.9 × R IV+V (which is 0.112-0.128 mm long) …..Acyrthosiphon loti
Coronopussee LepidiumBrassicaceae
Coronopus didymus = Lepidium didymum
C. pinnatifidus = Lepidium didymum
C. procumbens = Lepidium coronopus
C. squamatus = Lepidium coronopus
CorreaRutaceae
Correa glabraAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
CortaderiaPoaceae
Cortaderia richardii Sitobion miscanthi
C. selloanaHyalopterus pruni; Sitobion fragariae
Cortaderia sp.Sipha flava

Use key to apterae of grass-feeding aphids under Digitaria.

CortusaPrimulaceae
Cortusa matthioli Anuraphis cortusae; [Macrosiphum chukotense]
Corybas(including Corysanthes)Orchidaceae
Corybas rotundifolius Neomyzus circumflexus

(or try key to orchid-feeding aphids under Cymbidium)

CorydalisFumariaceae
Corydalis aureaAcyrthosiphon malvae; Aulacorthum solani;
Macrosiphum corydalis, dicentrae;
Neomyzus circumflexus
C. brandegeei (?) = C. caseana ssp. brandegeei
C. caseana (incl. ssp. brandegeei) Pseudocercidus tutigulus
C. formosa = Dicentra formosa
C. formosana = C. tashiroi
C. heterocarpa (incl. var. Longicaudinus corydalisicola
japonica)
C. incisaAulacorthum solani
C. lutea = Pseudofumaria lutea
C. ophiocarpaNeomyzus circumflexus
C. pallidaAulacorthum corydalicola; Longicaudinus corydalisicola
C. scouleriMacrosiphum dicentrae; Pseudocercidus tutigulus
C. speciosaAulacorthum corydalicola
C. tashiroiLongicaudinus corydalisicola
Corydalis sp.[Macrosiphum euphorbiae]

Key to apterae on Corydalis:-

1SIPH shorter than cauda…..Longicaudinus corydalisicola
SIPH as long as or longer than cauda…..2
2R IV+V 0.45-0.55 × HT II. First tarsal segments with 5 (-6) hairs…..Pseudocercidis tutigulus
R IV+V 0.6-1.7 × HT II. First tarsal segments with 2-3 hairs…..3
3SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation (at least 3 rows)…..4
SIPH without any distinct rows of polygonal reticulation…..5
4R IV+V 0.6-0.8 × HT II. ABD TERG 2-4 frequently bearing marginal tubercles (MTu) as large as or larger than spiracular apertures…..Macrosiphum dicentrae
R IV+V 0.8-1.0 × HT II. If ABD TERG 2-4 have any MTu then they are usually very small, not much larger than hair bases …..Macrosiphum corydalis (or M. euphorbiae)
5Head spiculose both dorsally and ventrally with inner faces of ANT tubercles well-developed and steep-sided, almost parallel. ANT III with (0-)1-3 small rhinaria near base. SIPH cylindrical for most of length, pale except at apices, with a well-developed apical flange …..6
Without that combination of characters; if head is spiculose then SIPH are clavate or ANT III is without any rhinaria, or both…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
6ANT III-VI almost wholly dusky/dark. R IV+V 0.93-1.07 × ANT VI BASE ….. Aulacorthum corydalicola
ANT III-VI only dark at apices of segments. R IV+V 1.06-1.27 × ANT VI BASE ….. Aulacorthum solani
Corylopsis Hamamelidaceae
Corylopsis gotoana Hydronaphis impatiens
C. pauciflora Hydronaphis impatiens; Pseudomegoura magnoliae;
C. spicata Hydronaphis impatiens
Corylopsis sp.Scleromyzus corylopsis

Key to apterae on Corylopsis:-

(All 3 species have spinulose heads and slightly swollen siphunculi.)

1 Cauda short and rounded, hardly longer than its basal width. Tergum dark sclerotic, with a reticulate pattern of minute spinules….. Hydronaphis impatiens
Cauda finger-like, much longer than its basal width. Tergum pale…..2
2 Antennal tubercles weakly developed. Antennae and tibiae mainly pale, darker distally…..Scleromyzus corylopsis
Antennal tubercles well developed. Antennae and tibiae entirely dark …..Pseudomegoura magnoliae
Corylus Cobnuts and Hazelnuts Corylaceae
Corylus americana Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) coryli, pseudocoryli
C. avellana Common Filbert or Hazelnut
(incl. var. pontica) Corylobium avellanae; [Macrosiphum euphorbiae];
Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) corylicola;
Mesocallis (Paratinocallis) corylicola;
Myzocallis coryli; Neochromaphis coryli
C. chinensisMyzocallis coryli
C. colchicaCorylobium avellanae; Myzocallis coryli
C. colurna (incl. var. chinensis) Corylobium avellanae; Myzocallis coryli; Pterocallis affinis
C. cornuta Corylobium avellanae; Illinoia corylina, macgillivrayae;
(incl. var. californica) Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) coryli,
pseudocoryli, vandenboschi
C. heterophylla Corylobium avellanae;
(incl. var. thunbergii) Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) corylicola;
Mesocallis pteleae;
Mesocallis (Paratinocallis) corylicola, occulta,
yunnanensis;,
[Myzus persicae]; Neochromaphis coryli;
Pterocallis heterophylla;
Tinocallis (Sappocallis) nikkoensis
C. maxima Corylobium avellanae; Myzocallis coryli
C. sieboldiana Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) corylicola;
(incl. var brevirostris) Mesocallis pteleae; Mesocallis (Paratinocallis) corylicola;
Myzocallis coryli; Neochromaphis coryli;
Pterocallis montana;
Tinocallis (Sappocallis) nikkoensis
C. sieboldianaBetacallis alnicolens;
var. mandshurica Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) skurichinae;
Mesocallis pteleae, sawashibae;
Mesocallis (Paratinocallis) corylicola, occulta; Neochromaphis coryli

Key to the aphids on Corylus:-

This is a revised version of the key given by Blackman & Eastop (2000).

1 Head with a transverse black band ventrally between the eyes …..Betacallis alnicolens
Head without a transverse ventral black band…..2
2 Cauda knobbed, anal plate bilobed. SIPH as small, truncate cones. (Adult viviparae usually or always alate) …..3
Cauda finger-shaped, anal plate entire. SIPH long and tubular, with subapical polygonal reticulation. (Adult viviparae usually mainly apterous) …..13
3 ANT PT/BASE more than 2.0…..Myzocallis coryli
ANT PT/BASE 0.1-1.2…..4
4 Forewings with extensive pattern of dark markings. PT extremely short, ANT PT/BASE only about 0.1…..Neochromaphis coryli
Forewings sometimes with pigment along veins and/or on pterostigma, but without any extensive pigmented areas. ANT PT/BASE at least 0.2…..5
5 Spinal hairs on ABD TERG 1-4 long, up to 6 × basal diameter of ANT III, pointed and spine-like, on low tuberculate bases…..Pterocallis heterophylla
Spinal hairs on ABD TERG 1-4 all short, not or hardly exceeding basal diameter of ANT III, or if longer then capitate…..6
6 ANT PT/BASE 0.2-0.45…..Pterocallis montana
ANT PT/BASE 0.5 or more…..7
7 Mesonotum and ABD TERG 2 and 3 each with a pair of large spinal hair-bearing processes. ANT III with 15-19 secondary rhinaria …..Tinocallis (Sappocallis) nikkoensis
Mesonotum and ABD TERG 2 and 3 without or with only very low spinal processes. ANT III with 2-14 secondary rhinaria…..8
8 Abdominal marginal tubercles each bearing a single small hair. ANT III (of alata) with 7-14 rhinaria…..9
Abdominal marginal tubercles mostly with 2-3 hairs. ANT III with 2-11 rhinaria …..10
9 Front of head and ANT III dark. R IV+V 1.2-1.4 × HT II. All viviparae alate …..Mesocallis pteleae
Front of head and ANT III pale. R IV+V 0.8-1.0 × HT II. Viviparae apterous or alate …..Mesocallis sawashibae
10 ABD TERG 8 with 5-7 hairs. ABD TERG 1-7 with 6-10 spinopleural hairs, the spinal hairs often grouped on paired low processes…..Pterocallis affinis
ABD TERG 8 with 2 hairs. ABD TERG 1-7 each either with only a single pair of spinal hairs (those on 3, 5 and 7 being displaced laterally), or with 3-6 spinopleural hairs (with or without separate raised bases) …..11
11 ANT PT/BASE 0.6-0.7. R IV+V 1.5-1.7 × HT II. ABD TERG 1-7 each with 3-6 spino-pleural hairs (with or without separate raised bases), some of which may be of neotenic form (i.e. long with expanded apices)…..Mesocallis (Paratinocallis) yunnanensis
ANT PT/BASE 0.8-1.1. R IV+V 0.9-1.2 × HT II. ABD TERG 1-7 each with only a single pair of spinal hairs (those on 3, 5 and 7 being displaced laterally) …..12
12 ANT 0.75-0.92 × BL and R IV+V 0.80-1.00 × HT II…..Mesocallis (Paratinocallis) corylicola
ANT 0.60-0.77 × BL and R IV+V 1.00-1.14 × HT II…..Mesocallis (Paratinocallis) occulta*
13 Dorsal hairs of aptera long, thick and slightly capitate, arising from large tubercles …..Corylobium avellanae
Dorsal hairs of aptera shorter, not capitate, not borne on tubercles …..14
14 Dorsal cuticle strongly sclerotised and very wrinkled (although quite pale) …..Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) vandenboschi
Dorsal cuticle not sclerotic, smooth…..15
15 SIPH slightly but distinctly swollen proximal to reticulated subapical zone …..16
SIPH tapering/cylindrical…..17
16 R IV+V bearing 14-16 accessory hairs and 1.4-1.5 × HT II which is 0.10-0.11 mm long…..Illinoia corylina
R IV+V bearing 6-9 accessory hairs and 1.05-1.25 × HT II which is 0.12-0.15 mm long…..Illinoia macgillivrayae
17 Hind tibiae and SIPH of aptera wholly black, cauda dusky to dark …..Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) corylicola
Hind tibiae of aptera with paler middle section; SIPH wholly black or pale at bases, cauda pale to dusky…..18
18 Aptera with abdominal cuticle usually pigmented marginally, and also dorsally across ABD TERG 5-7. SIPH wholly black, ABD TERG 8 and cauda contrastingly pale…..Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) coryli
Aptera with abdomen wholly pale. SIPH usually paler at base, cauda pale or dusky …..19
19 R IV+V 1.4-1.8 × HT II and bearing 14-18 accessory hairs. ANT III with 2-7 rhinaria in a row…..Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) pseudocoryli
R IV+V c. 2 × HT II and bearing 6-8 accessory hairs. ANT III with 1-3 rhinaria near base …..Macrosiphum (Neocorylobium) skurichinae
Corynabutilon see AbutilonMalvaceae
Corynephorus (including Weingartneria) Poaceae
Corynephorus articulatus = C. divaricatus
C. canescensAtheroides serrulatus; Baizongia pistaciae;
Chaetosiphella berlesei, tshernavini;
Forda formicaria., marginata;
Geoica setulosa, utricularia; Laingia psammae;
Paracletus cimiciformis; Schizaphis weingaertneriae;
Sitobion avenae; Tetraneura ulmi
C. divaricatusSitobion fragariae
Corynephorus spp. Baizongia pistaciae

Use key to apterae of grass-feeding aphids under Digitaria.

Corysanthes see CorybasOrchidaceae
Coryspermum see CorispermumAmaranthaceae
Corytholoma see SinningiaGesneraciae
Cosmia see CalandriniaPortulacaceae
CosmosAsteraceae
Cosmos bipinnatus Aphis fabae, fabae ssp. cirsiiacanthoidis, gossypii,
solanella, spiraecola;
Brachycaudus cardui, helichrysi; [Longicaudus trirhodus]; [Macrosiphoniella kuwayamai]; Myzus ornatus, persicae;
Protaphis middletonii
C. caudatusAphis gossypii, spiraecola
C. sulphureusAphis gossypii
Cosmos spp.Aphis coreopsidis, craccivora, solitaria;
[Capitophorus carduinus]; Macrosiphum euphorbiae;
Uroleucon ambrosiae, compositae, [kashmiricum]

Key to apterae on Cosmos:-

1ANT tubercles weakly developed. SIPH 0.24-0.4 × BL, more than 8 × their midlength diameter, and about 2 × the much paler cauda. Head, ANT I, II and basal part of III very pale, contrasting with dark rest of ANT. Longest hair on ANT III less than 0.4 × BD III ..….Aphis coreopsidis
Either ANT tubercles well developed, or if weakly developed then the other characters do not all apply…..2
2ANT tubercles weakly developed. SIPH pale (sometimes dark-tipped) and more than 4 × their midlength diameter, 1.1-1.5 × cauda. ANT PT/BASE 1.3-1.8. ANT III with 0-15 rhinaria on distal half, and ANT IV with 0-4. RIV+V 1.4-1.6 × HT II and bearing 3-6 accessory hairs…..Aphis solitaria
Either ANT tubercles well developed, of if weakly developed then the other characters do not all apply…..3
3Dorsum with an extensive dark sclerotic shield. Cauda short and rounded, not longer than its basal width. Spiracular apertures large and rounded…..Brachycaudus cardui
Either dorsum without an extensive dark shield or other characters do not apply…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
Costus (including Cheilocostus)Costaceae
Costus aferPentalonia nigronervosa; Pseudoregma sundanica
C. malortieanusPentalonia nigronervosa
C. mexicanus = C. pictus
C. pictusPentalonia nigronervosa; Pseudoregma sundanica
C. pulverulentusPentalonia nigronervosa
C. speciosusPseudoregma nicolaiae

Use key to apterae on Hedychium.

Cota Asteraceae
Cota tinctoriaBrachycaudus helichrysi

(or try key to apterae on Anthemis)

CotinusAnacardiaceae
Cotinus coggygria Aphis fabae; Carolinaia rhois;
Semiaphis sp. (Bozhko 1976a: 67)

Key to apterae on Cotinus:-

1SIPH very small, less than 0.5 × cauda…..Semiaphis sp.
SIPH more than 0.7 × cauda…..2
2SIPH dark, clavate, about 2 × the pale cauda which bears 5 hairs …..Carolinaia rhois
SIPH dark, cylindrical or tapering, 0.7-1.8 × the black cauda which bears 11-24 hairs …..Aphis fabae

(or if none of these three fit, try key to polyphagous aphids)

CotoneasterRosaceae
Cotoneaster acutifolius Aphis pomi
C. acutifolius var. lucidus Aphis fabae, gossypii, pomi; [Dysaphis affinis];
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. acutifolius var. villosulus Aphis pomi; Eriosoma lanigerum; Nearctaphis yohoensis
C. amoenus = C. franchetii
C. applanata = C. dielsianus
C. bacillaris Aspidophorodon indica; Dysaphis microsiphon
C. bullatusAphis pomi; Myzus persicae
C. buxifolius see C. prostratus
C. conspicuusAphis gossypii
C. dammeriAphis pomi; Eriosoma lanigerum
C. davidianus =C. horizontalis
C. denticulatus = Amelanchier denticulata
C. dielsianusAphis pomi; Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. distichus =C. nitidus
C. divaricatusAphis pomi, [spiraephaga]
C. franchetiiAphis pomi, spiraecola; Aulacorthum solani
C. frigidusAphis pomi, spiraecola
C. genitianaAphis spiraecola
C. glaucophyllus (incl. var. Aphis pomi, [Aphis sp. (Leonard 1972a: 100)]
serotinus)
C. harrovianusAphis gossypii
C. hebephyllusAphis pomi
C. henryanus = C. salicifolius var. henryanus
C. horizontalisAphis pomi, spiraecola; Eriosoma lanigerum;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. humifusus = C. dammeri
C. insignis Aphis pomi; Dysaphis microsiphon
C. integrifolius = C. microphyllus var. thymifolius
C. integerrimusAnuromyzus cotoneasteris; Aphis pomi;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. karatavicus Dysaphis microsiphon
C. lucidus = C. acutifolius var. lucidus
C. megalocarpus Aphis spiraecola
C. melanocarpus Aphis pomi, spiraecola, [Aphis sp. (Davletshina 1964: 125)];
Dysaphis [anthrisci], [flava], microsiphon;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. moupinensisAphis pomi
C. microphyllus (incl. var. Aphis gossypii, pomi; Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
thymifolius)
C. monopyrenus = C. hebephyllus
C. multiflorusAphis pomi; Dysaphis microsiphon; Eriosoma lanigerum;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. nebrodensisAphis pomi
C. niger = C. melanocarpus
C. nitens[Aphis sp. (Leonard 1972a: 100)]
C. nitidusMyzus persicae
C. nummularius Dysaphis microsiphon
C. obscurusAphis pomi
C. obtusus = C. bacillaris
C. pannosusAphis gossypii, spiraecola
C. praecoxAphis fabae
C. prostratus = C. rotundifolius
C. racemiflorusAnuromyzus cotoneasteris; [Aphis sp. (Leonard 1972a:100)]
C. rhytidophyllus [Aphis sp. (Leonard 1972a: 100)]
C. roseusAphis pomi
C. rotundifolius[Aphis sp. (Leonard 1972a: 99)]; Myzus persicae
C. salicifolius (incl. var. henryanus) Aphis gossypii, pomi, spiraecola;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. saxatilisAnuromyzus cotoneasteris; Dysaphis microsiphon
C. serotinus = C. glaucophyllus var. serotinus
C. simonsiiAphis pomi; [Dysaphis angelicae, lauberti];
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
C. tauricusAnuromyzus cotoneasteris
C. villosulus = C. acutifolius var. villosulus
C. vulgaris = C. integerrimus
C. wardii[Aphis sp. (Leonard 1972a, 100)]; Myzus persicae
C. zabeliiAphis pomi; Myzus persicae
Cotoneaster sp.[Aphis (Toxoptera) citricidus];
[Eriosoma phaenax (sexuparae, Pakistan and India)]

Key to apterae on Cotoneaster:-

1ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5. SIPH as pores with partly sclerotised rims. Wax glands present, each consisting of a ring of large facets around a central area …..Eriosoma lanigerum
ANT PT/BASE more than 0.5. SIPH tubular or as short, truncate cones. Wax glands absent …..2
2Cauda helmet-shaped or triangular, as short as or shorter than its basal width …..3
Cauda tongue- or finger-shaped, clearly longer than its basal width…..5
3SIPH with close-set transverse rows of small spinules. SIPH less than 2 × their midlength diameter. Abdomen with dark patch on ABD TERG 3-6 …..Nearctaphis yohoensis
SIPH smooth or with normal imbrication. Either SIPH longer or dorsal abdomen pale …..4
4Dorsum pale, membranous. SIPH very short, truncate cones, less than 2 × their midlength diameter. Cauda pentagonal, with 5 hairs…..Dysaphis microsiphon
Dorsum dark, sclerotic. SIPH tubular, more than 3 × their midlength diameter (Fig.24a). Cauda triangular, pointed, with 6-7 hairs (Fig.24b) …..Anuromyzus cotoneasteris
5 Front of head with a well-developed scabrous median tubercle bearing 4 thick, slightly capitate hairs (Fig.24c), and ABD TERG 8 with a similar hair-bearing process (Fig.24d). SIPH long, smooth and flangeless (Fig.24e). ANT PT/BASE less than 1.3 …..Aspidophorodon indica
Front of head and ABD TERG 8 without scabrous processes. SIPH imbricated, with flange. ANT PT/BASE more than 1.5…..6
6Head spiculose, with well-developed ANT tubercles, their inner faces parallel or apically convergent…..7
Head almost smooth, with ANT tubercles weakly developed…..8
7SIPH slightly clavate. ANT tubercles with inner faces apically convergent. ANT III without rhinaria…..Myzus persicae
SIPH tapering, with no trace of distal swelling. ANT tubercles with inner faces approximately parallel. ANT III usually with 1-2 small rhinaria near base …..Aulacorthum solani
8SIPH pale with darker apices; cylindrical over most of length, and constricted subapically, with large flange. Dorsal cuticle ornamented with spicules, mostly arranged in polygons …..Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
SIPH dark, tapering to a moderate flange. Dorsal cuticle without spicules arranged in polygons…..9
9Cauda paler than SIPH, without any midway constriction, and bearing 4-8 hairs …..Aphis gossypii
Cauda as dark as SIPH, often slightly constricted near its midpoint, and bearing 7-19 hairs …..10
10Dorsal abdomen usually with scattered dark markings anterior to SIPH and dark cross-bands on ABD TERG 7 and 8. ANT III 1.2-1.9 × cauda which is usually without any constriction and bears 11-24 hairs…..Aphis fabae
Dorsal abdomen without any dark markings. ANT III 0.9-1.2 × cauda, which usually has a distinct midlength constriction and bears 6-19 hairs…..11
11Marginal tubercles (MTu) present on ABD TERG 2-4. Cauda with 10-19 hairs (rarely less than 13) R IV+V more than 0.13 mm…..Aphis pomi
MTu absent from ABD TERG 2-4. Cauda with 7-15 hairs (rarely more than 12). R IV+V less than 0.125 mm…..Aphis spiraecola
CotulaAsteraceae
Cotula australisBrachycaudus helichrysi; Myzus ascalonicus
C. coronopifoliaAphis coronopifoliae, triglochinis; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae
C. hemisphaerica Aphis spiraecola
C. plumosa = Leptinella plumosa
Cotula spp.[Acutosiphon obliquoris]; Aphis nasturtii; Myzus ornatus

Key to apterae on Cotula:-

1Cauda helmet-shaped, as short as or shorter than its basal width. Spiracular apertures large and rounded. SIPH smooth, conical, with marked subapical annular incision …..Brachycaudus helichrysi
Cauda tongue-shaped, much longer than its basal width. Spiracular apertures reniform. SIPH imbricated, without a marked subapical incision…..2
2SIPH mainly pale (often dusky-tipped). ANT tubercles weakly developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu)…..3
SIPH pale or dark, but if pale then ANT tubercles are well developed and ABD TERG 1 and 7 lack MTu…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
3ANT PT/BASE 1.9-3.0…..Aphis nasturtii
ANT PT/BASE 1.1-1.8…..4
4 SIPH less than 2 × longer than their basal width, and less than 0.9 × cauda. (Sec. rhin. in al. III 11-17, IV 2-7, V 0)…..Aphis coronopifoliae
SIPH more than 2 × longer than their basal width, and more than 0.9 × cauda. (Sec. rhin. in al. III 25-60, IV 9-25, V 7-17)…..Aphis triglochinis
CotyledonCrassulaceae
Cotyledon barbeyi Myzus persicae
C. orbiculataAphis gossypii, sedi; Myzus persicae
C. wickensii = C. barbeyi
Cotyledon sp. Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Use key to apterae on Sedum.

Cotylelobium Dipterocarpaceae
Cotylelobium “malayensis” Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
(= malayanum?)
CousiniaAsteraceae
Cousinia affinisMacrosiphoniella tuberculata; Protaphis cousiniae;
Smynthurods betae; Turanoleucon mitjaevi
C. alataDysaphis cousiniae; Protaphis cousiniae;
Turanoleucon mitjaevi
C. calcitrapaMacrosiphoniella tuberculata
C. chaetocephalaMacrosiphoniella tuberculata
C. chrysanthaAphis craccivora; Protaphis cousiniae
C. cylindraceaMacrosiphoniella tuberculata
C. karatavicaDysaphis cousiniae; Protaphis anuraphoides, cousiniae
C. lepidaMacrosiphoniella tuberculata
C. microcarpa[Aphis cirsiioleracei]; Brachycaudus cardui;
Dysaphis cousiniae; Protaphis cousiniae
C. perovskiensisAphis craccivora; Protaphis anuraphoides;
Xerobion compositae
C. piptocephalaMacrosiphoniella tuberculata
C. platyceps (?)[Macrosiphoniella sp. (Kadyrbekov 2003c)]
C. platylepisTuranoleucon mitjaevi
C. pseudomollisDysaphis pseudomolli
C. pulchellaDysaphis cousiniae; [Nasonovia ribisnigri];
Trama troglodytes
C. radiansDysaphis cousiniae, cousiniae ssp. minor, radicivorans
C. resinosaDysaphis cousiniae
C. stocksiiMacrosiphoniella tuberculata
C. syrdariensis[Protaphis iliensis]
C. tenellaBrachycaudus cardui
C. trifloraProtaphis cousiniae
C. umbrosaDysaphis cousiniae, radicivorans
Cousinia sppAphis [acanthoidis], craccivora, fabae, gossypii, solanella;
Brachycaudus viridanus; [Protaphis harmalae];
Rectinasus buxtoni; Uroleucon sonchi ssp. afghanicum

Key to apterae on Cousinia:-

1Antennae densely hairy; e.g. base of last antennal segment with more than 20 hairs. SIPH absent…..2
Antennae less hairy; base of last antennal segment with less than 10 hairs. SIPH present .…4
2HT II greatly elongated, more than 0.5 × hind tibia……Trama troglodytes
HT II of normal length…..3
3R IV+V very long, 2.5-3.1 × HT II…..Rectinasus buxtoni
R IV+V 0.9-1.1 × HT II…..Smynthurodes betae
4Cauda short, conical or helmet-shaped, not longer than its basal width in dorsal view …..5
Cauda clearly longer than its basal width…..12
5ANT PT/BASE 0.5-1.2. SIPH 0.6-1.2 × cauda…..6
ANT PT/BASE more than 2. SIPH 1.0-3.4 × cauda…..8
6 SIPH conical with broad bases, shorter than their basal width. ANT PT/BASE 0.5-0.7…..Xerobion compositae
SIPH tubular, 1.3-2.5 × their basal width. ANT PT/BASE 0.8-1.2…..7
7 Longest hairs on ABD TERG 3 are 1.2-1.3 × ANT BD III. SIPH 0.8-1.2 × cauda, almost cylindrical, 1.7-2.5 × their basal width, with a distinct flange …..Protaphis anuraphoides
Longest hairs on ABD TERG 3 are 0.5-0.9 × ANT BD III. SIPH 0.7-1.1 × cauda, tapering, 1.3-1.75 × their basal width, with a small flange …..Protaphis terricola or cousiniae
8Spiracular apertures large and rounded…..9
Spiracular apertures reniform…..10
9Dorsum with an extensive dark shield. BL 1.8-2.4 mm. (Al. with 15-36 rhinaria on ANT III) …..Brachycaudus cardui
Dorsam without a dark shield. BL 1.3-1.7 mm. (Al. with c.7 rhinaria on ANT III)…..Brachycaudus viridanus*
10 STu absent, and MTu on ABD TERG 1-5 absent or inconspicuous. R IV+V longer than ANT PT…..Dysaphis pseudomolli
Spinal tubercles (STu) usually present on head and posterior ABD TERG, and well-developed marginal tubercles (MTu) present on ABD TERG 1-5 or 1-7. R IV+V shorter than ANT PT…..11
11MTu present on ABD TERG 1-7…..Dysaphis radicivorans*
MTu present on ABD TERG 1-5 only…..Dysaphis cousiniae
12 SIPH mainly or wholly dark with subapical polygonal reticulation on distal 0.16-0.43 of length…..13
SIPH pale or dark, but if dark then without polygonal reticulation……go to key to polyphagous aphids
13SIPH with reticulation on distal 0.16-0.27 of length. Postsiphuncular sclerites present…..Uroleucon sonchi (ssp. afghanicum?)
SIPH with reticulation on distal 0.3-0.43 of length. Postsiphuncular sclerites absent …..14
14Dorsal abdominal hairs borne on rounded tubercles. R IV+V less than 0.25 mm long, 0.7-1.3 × HT II. SIPH c.1.4-1.5 × cauda, which is pale …..Macrosiphoniella tuberculata
Dorsal abdominal hairs without tuberculate bases. R IV+V more than 0.3 mm long, 1.95-2.15 × HT II. SIPH 1.9-2.4 × cauda, which is dark…..Turanoleucon mitjaevi