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Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Glover, T. (1877) Report of the entomologist and curator of the museum. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the Operations of the Department, year 1876, 17–46.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Aphididae
genus
Aphis
species
Aphis gossypii

eunis habitat

Arable land and market gardens (I1 level 2)

native range

Cosmopolitan, Cryptogenic

eunis habitat

Cultivated areas of gardens and parks (I2 level 2)

eunis habitat

Grassland and tall forb habitats (E level 1)

eunis habitat

Greenhouse (added 21oct2005) (J100 level 2)

eunis habitat

Heathland, scrub and tundra habitats (F level 1)

native range

Pantropical, Circumtropical

ecofunctional group

Phytophagous

eunis habitat

Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I level 1)

native range

Subtropics

habitat

Terrestrial.

Notes

Nam et al. (2018)

description

The widely distributed cotton aphis was found to a slight extent on taro. Some bad infestations of it were seen on eggplant. Fullaway reported it on cotton and cowpeas in 1911, and what was probably the same species on watermelon, cucumber, eggplant, and radish. He also reported an undetermined aphid on beets.

materials_examined

From parasitized gossypii on taro at Inarajan, May 14, 6 Aphelinus issued. They appear to be near Aphelinus nwidis, but do not have the darkened mid and hind tibiae of that species.

diagnosis

Diagnosis Aptera 0.8 – 1.7 mm. Pale green to blackish green; siphunculi black. Small, pale yellow specimens occur in in crowded colonies or hot conditions. In cold temperate regions mostly in glasshouses. Dioecious with several unrelated plants as primary hosts, in Europe, however, mostly anholocyclic. Very similar to A. beccabungae Koch, 1855 (Fig. 24) and other species of the A. frangulae group. See Blackman & Eastop (2014) and Heie (1986) for differences and a more complete account. Dioecious but usually anholocyclic, polyphagous.

discussion

Recorded Equisetum host E. sylvaticum.

distribution

Distribution D F N S.

discussion

Published information. Without faunal data (Ibragimov & Abdurakhmanov 1976). Makhachkala, Solanum lycopersicum L. (Rasulov et al 2017 a). Derbentsky District (Rasulov et al 2017 b).

materials_examined

Material. MKS: 29. ix. 2023, Onopordum acanthium L., on lower surface and petioles of basal leaves, apt. and al. MSB: 20. ix. 2023, Cucumis sp., on upper and lower surface of young leaf, apt.; 20. ix. 2023, Viola odorata L., on leaf petioles and young leaves, apt.; 20. ix. 2023, Potentilla reptans L., on petioles and lower surface of young leaves, apt. and al.; 21. ix. 2023, Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort., at ends of shoots, apt. TTS: 3. ix. 2023, Phedimus spurius (M. Bieb.) ‘ t Hart, at top of stem at base of peduncles, al. and imm. (imm. were transferred to plants in the laboratory condition, where 5. ix. 2023 2 apt. was obtained).

biology_ecology

Host plants Amaranthus viridis (Amaranthaceae), Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae), Colocasia antiquorum Schott (Araceae), Nerium indicum Mill. (Apocynaceae), Cryptostegia grandiflora Roxb. ex R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae), Ageratum conyzoides (L.) L., Calendula officinalis, Conyza canadensis, Cnicus wallichii Hook. f., Dendranthema indicum, D. morifolium (Ramat.) Tzvelev, Galinsoga parviflora, Parthenium hysterophorus, Senecio cruentus Roth, Sonchus asper, Tagetes minuta, Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae), Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach (Bignoniaceae), Trichodesma indicum (L.) Lehm. (Boraginaceae), Brassica oleracea L., Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., Raphanus sativus L. (Brassicaceae), Lonicera quinquelocularis (Caprifoliaceae), Dianthus caryophyllus L. (Caryophyllaceae), Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae), Convolvulus arvensis L., Ipomoea mexicana Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy, I. palmata Forssk., I. tricolor Cav. (Convolvulaceae), Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Cucumis melo L., C. sativus L., Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, C. pepo L., Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl., Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae), Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth., Astragalus paucijugus Schrenk, Cassia fistula, Crotalaria juncea L., Leucaena leucocephala, Trifolium sp., Vicia sativa L. (Fabaceae), Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng., Mentha longifolia, Nepeta sp., Salvia plebeia R. Br., S. pratensis L. (Lamiaceae), Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. (Lythraceae), Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet, Alcea rosea, Gossypium herbaceum L., Hibiscus cannabinus L., H. magnificus F. Muell., H. rosa-sinensis, H. syriacus L., Malva parviflora L., M. sylvestris, Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke, M. tricuspidatum A. Gray (Malvaceae), Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L’Hér. ex Vent., Ficus carica (Moraceae), Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae), Bougainvillea sp. (Nyctaginaceae), Jasminum sp. (Oleaceae), Papaver somniferum L. (Papaveraceae), Plantago major (Plantaginaceae), Rumex dentatus (Polygonaceae), Punica granatum (Punicaceae), Rhamnus sp. (Rhamnaceae), Eriobotrya japonica, Malus domestica Borkh., Pyrus communis L., Rosa sp. (Rosaceae), Citrus × aurantium L. (Rutaceae), Salix alba L. (Salicaceae), Dodonaea sp. (Sapindaceae), Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae), Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae), Capsicum annuum L., Cestrum nocturnum, Datura metel L., Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Solanum indicum L., S. melongena L., S. nigrum, S. surattense Burm. f., S. tuberosum, Withania somnifera (Solanaceae), Grewia asiatica L. (Tiliaceae), Duranta repens L., Lantana camara L., Vitex negundo L. (Verbenaceae), Viola tricolor L. (Violaceae), Peganum harmala (Zygophyllaceae), and unidentified plant of Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh and Salvadoraceae Lindl.

Name

Homonyms
Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877
Common names
Agurkebladlus in Danish
Cotton aphid, Melon aphid in English
Gurkenblattlaus in German
Melon aphid in English
Melon aphid in English
Puceron du Cotonnier in French
cotton aphid in English
cotton aphid in English
cotton aphid in language.
cotton aphid in English
cotton aphid in English
kurkkukirva in Finnish
melon aphid in English
melon aphid in English
melon aphid in English
melon aphid in English
melon aphid in English
puceron du melon in French
puceron du melon in French
puceron du melon in French
puceron du melon in French
Katoenluis in Dutch
cotton aphid in English
gurkbladlus in Swedish
melon aphid in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Carletto, Blin & Vanlerberghe-Masutti (2009) DNA-based discrimination between the sibling species Aphis gossypii Glover and Aphis frangulae Kaltenbach
  2. Chown, S. L.; Convey, P. (2016). Antarctic Entomology. <em>Annual Review of Entomology.</em> 61(1): 119-137.
  3. Glover. 1877. Report of the entomologist and curator of the museum. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the Operations of the Department year 1876:36
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1137 Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 (Insecta, Hemiptera, Homoptera) validated under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 36(2), 109-110 (1979)
  5. Jörgensen, Olafsson, Pettersson, Taksdal & Varis (1987) Nordiske navne på skadedyr og nogle nyttedyr
  6. Messing and Klungness (2001), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/8103/13Messing.pdf?sequence=1
  7. Raychaudhuri, D.N., L.K. Ghosh & S.K. Das. 1980. Studies on the aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) from north and north-west India, 1. Insecta Matsumurana New Series 20:7
  8. Smith, C.F. & Parron. 1978. An annotated list of Aphididae (Homoptera) of North America. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 255:25
  9. Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1948: Homoptera: Sternorhyncha. Insects of Hawaii, vol. 5. vii + 464.
  10. de Jong (2017) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web: version 2.6
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