- Source: List of aphids of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still it is counting. So many new species are discover up to this time also. So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.
The following list provide the aphid fauna of Sri Lanka.
Aphids
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Aphidoidea
Aphids are minute insects that are plant sap feeders. They affect largely to economically valuable plants greatly, so aphids are of economic importance. About 4500 species with 500 genera are described in aphids. Out of them, Sri Lanka comprises 74 species in 46 genera and 6 subfamilies. 2 endemic aphid species found on Sri Lanka.
= Family Aphididae
=Subfamily: Aphidinae
Subfamily: Drepanosiphinae
Shivaphis celti
Tinocallis kahawaluokalani
Subfamily: Greenideinae
Greenidea artocarpi
Greenidea formosana
Greenideoida ceyloniae
Schoutedenia lutea
Subfamily: Hormaphidinae
Astegopteryx bambusae
Astegopteryx insularis
Astegopteryx minuta
Cerataphis brasiliensis
Ceratoglyphina bambusae
Ceratovacuna lanigera
Pseudoregma bambucicola
Subfamily: Lachninae - Giant aphids
Ceratopemphigus zehntneri - endemic
Eriosoma lanigerum
Geoica lucifuga
Kaltenbachiella elsholtriae
Kaltenbachiella japonica
Tetraneura nigriabdominalis
Tetraneura yezoensis
External links
http://dl.nsf.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/1/7765/CJS(B.S)-23(1)-25.pdf;jsessionid=2FE9EAA88AD2078D2A162AA717162100?sequence=2
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of aphids of Sri Lanka
- List of birds of Sri Lanka
- List of common commercial fish of Sri Lanka
- Wildlife of Sri Lanka
- List of reptiles of Sri Lanka
- List of national parks of Sri Lanka
- List of mammals of Sri Lanka
- List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Hesperiidae)
- List of scorpions of Sri Lanka
- List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Nymphalidae)
