Idiopterus nephrelepidis

Idiopterus nephrelepidis, commonly known as the black fern aphid, is a species of aphid insect that feeds on various species of fern. It is the type species of the genus Idiopterus.[1]

Idiopterus nephrelepidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder:
Aphidomorpha
Superfamily:
Aphidoidea
Family:
Aphididae
Subfamily:
Aphidinae
Tribe:
Macrosiphini
Genus:
Idiopterus
Species:
I. nephrelepidis
Binomial name
Idiopterus nephrelepidis
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Likely to have originated in the neotropics, it has spread right across Europe, though is only found indoors in Central and Northern Europe,[1] New Zealand,[2] and North America.[3]

Notes
  1. Heie, Ole E. (1993). The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. V, Family Aphididae, Part 2 of Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae. BRILL. p. 83. ISBN 9004098992.
  2. Martin, N. A. (2017). "Black fern aphid - Idiopterus nephrelepidis". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. Robinson, A. G. (1966). "Review of the Fern Aphids in North America With Descriptions of a New Species and a New Genus". The Canadian Entomologist. 98 (12): 1252–59. doi:10.4039/Ent981252-12.


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