HOST LISTS AND KEYS FOR EACH PLANT GENUS

(in alphabetical order)

Sor-Syz

Sorbaria

Sorbaronia

Sorbus

Sorghastrum

Sorghum

Sparaxis

Sparganium

Sparmannia

Spartina

Spartium

Spathiphyllum

Spathodea

Spatularia

Specklinia

Specularia

Spergula

Spergularia

Spermacoce

Spermadictyon

Sphaeralcea

Sphaeranthus

Sphaerophysa

Sphagneticola

Sphagnum

Sphallerocarpus

Sphenogyne

Sphenomeris

Sphenopholis

Spilanthes

Spinacia

Spiraea

Spiranthes

Spirodela

Spodiopogon

Spondias

Sporobolus

Spuriopimpinella

Stachyopsis

Stachys

Stachytarpheta

Stachyurus

Stanhopea

Staphylea

Statice

Stauntonia

Steganotaenia

Steirodiscus

Steironema

Stelechocarpus

Stelis

Stellaria

Stellera

Stemmacantha

Stenactis

Stenosiphonium

Stenostomum

Stenotaphrum

Stephanandra

Stephanomeria

Stephanotis

Sterculia

Steris

Stevia

Stewartia

Stichorkis

Stigmaphyllon

Stilbe

Stipa

Stipagrostis

Stipularia

Stirlingia

Stizolobium

Stizolophus

Stocksia

Stoebe

Stomatanthes

Stranvaesia

Stratiotes

Straussia

Streblus

Strelitzia

Streptocarpus

Streptopus

Streptosolen

Striga

Strobilanthes

Strongylodon

Strophanthus

Struchium

Stuartia

Stylochaeton

Stylosanthes

Styphnolobium

Styrax

Suaeda

Succisa

Succisella

Sutherlandia

Swainsona

Swertia

Swietenia

Swinglea

Syagrus

Symphoria

Symphoricarpos

Symphyotrichum

Symphytum

Symphyzicarpus

Symplocos

Syncarpia

Synedrella

Syneilesis

Syngonium

Synnema

Synosma

Syntherisma

Synurus

Syrenia

Syringa

Syrmatium

Syzygium

SorbariaRosaceae
Sorbaria sorbifolia [Aphis gossypii]; Chusiphuncula sorbarisucta;
(incl. var. stellipila) Macrosiphum sorbi; [Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae];
[Myzus ornatus]
S. tomentosaMyzus [formosanus], sorbi

Key to apterae on Sorbaria:-

(All three species keyed have SIPH more than 2.7 × cauda, which has 5-8 hairs.)

1 SIPH clavate. Head smooth….. Chusiphuncula sorbarisucta
SIPH tapering/cylindrical. Head with spicules at least on ventral surface …..2
2 SIPH dark, 0.25-0.35 × BL, with moderate imbrication and a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation…..Macrosiphum sorbi
SIPH pale, 0.21-0.23 × BL, with coarse imbrication and no subapical reticulation…..Myzus sorbi
SorbaroniaRosaceae
Sorbaronia hybrida Aphis pomi
Sorbus Rowans, Whitebeams Rosaceae
Sorbus alnifoliaNippolachnus micromeli; [Muscaphis japonica];
[Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale];
Sappaphis piri
S. americanaAmerican Mountain Ash
(= Aucuparia americana) Aphis pomi; [Dysaphis sorbi]; Eriosoma lanigerum;
Ericaphis gentneri; Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae;
Muscaphis escherichi
S. amurensis = S. pohuashanensis
S. ariaWhitebeam
Aphis [fabae], pomi, lantanae ( as Doralis setacea);
Dysaphis ariae; Myzus persicae;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. aucupariaEuropean Mountain Ash or Rowan
Aphis pomi, spiraecola; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
Dysaphis [aucupariae], [devecta], [pyri], sorbi;
Eriosoma [pyricola], sorbiradicis;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, pyrifoliae;
Muscaphis escherichi (incl. ssp. irae);
Myzus [ascalonicus], ornatus; Nearctaphis californica;
Ovatus insitus;
Rhopalosiphum [nymphaeae], oxyacanthae;
Sorbaphis chaetosiphon;
[Staegeriella sp. (Bozhko, 1976 – a Muscaphis?)]
S. caucasigena = S. aucuparia
S. commixtaJapanese Rowan
Aphis [gossypii], pomi;
[Myzaphis komatsubarae Shinji 1922c – possibly
a Dysaphis];
Nippolachnus micromeli (?); Prociphilus oriens;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae; Sorbaphis chaetosiphon
S. corymbiferaNippolachnus bengalensis
S. cuspidataBrachycaudus helichrysi; Dysaphis indica;
(= Pyrus vestita) Eumyzus eastopi
S. domesticaService Tree
(= Cormus domestica) Dysaphis [aucupariae], [pyri], [reaumuri], sorbi;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. foliolosaAspidophorodon (Eoessigia) sorbi
S. graecaDysaphis pavlovskyana
S. hybridaAphis pomi; Dysaphis sorbi;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. intermediaAphis pomi; Dysaphis sorbi;
[Metopolophium dirhodum];
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. japonica (error for Sorbaria?) [Macrosiphum (Unisitobion) sorbi]
S. khasiana Dysaphis pyri; Nippolachnus micromeli (?)
S. lanataDysaphis pavlovskyana
S. minima (= Hedlundia minima) Aphis pomi
S. persicaDysaphis pavlovskyana
S. pohuashanensis Brachycaudus helichrysi; Muscaphis escherichi;
[Schizaphis piricola]
S. polycarpaEriosoma lanigerum
S. quercifoliaRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. randaiensis[Rhopalosiphum padi]
S. sambucifoliaMuscaphis escherichi
S. scopulinaNearctaphis yohoensis
S. serotina = S. commixta
S. sibiricaAphis pomi; Dysaphis pavlovskyana, sorbi;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. sitchensisBrachycaudus helichrysi;
Macrosiphum opportunisticum, pyrifoliae;
Muscaphis escherichi
S. subsimilisRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. tianshanicaDysaphis pavlovskyana, sorbi;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. torminalisWild Service Tree
Aphis pomi; Dysaphis aucupariae, sorbi;
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
S. turkestanicaAphis pomi; Dysaphis pavlovskyana
Sorbus spp.[Dysaphis plantaginis]; Prociphilus corrugatans

Key to species on Sorbus (apterous viviparae except where otherwise stated):-

1ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5. Cauda broadly rounded…..2
ANT PT/BASE more than 0.5. Cauda semicircular, helmet-shaped, tongue- or finger-shaped…..7
2 Wax glands absent. Eyes multifaceted, without an ocular tubercle. Body pale, elongate, more than 2 × longer than wide. (Alata with a quadrate black dorsal abdominal patch) …..3
Wax glands present. Eyes 3-faceted. Body broad, less than 2 × longer than wide. (Alata without dorsal abdominal pigment)…..4
3 ANT PT/BASE 0.25-0.35, without any long fine hairs distal to primary rhinarium. R IV+V bearing 9-16 accessory hairs…..Nippolachnus bengalensis
ANT PT/BASE 0.45-0.75, with some long fine hairs distal to primary rhinarium. R IV+V bearing more than 20 accessory hairs…..Nippolachnus micromeli
4 SIPH present as pores with surrounding hairs. Wax pore plates each comprising a ring or group of facets around one or more clear central areas…..5
SIPH absent or inconspicuous. Wax pore plates honeycomb-like, without clear central areas…..6
5 BL more than 1.5 mm. Total antennal length 0.29-0.46 mm. Wax pore plates with central areas of irregular shape, often subdivided (fig. 60C)…..Eriosoma lanigerum
BL less than 1.4 mm, with total antennal length only 0.12-0.18 mm. Wax pore plates with always undivided, approximately circular, central areas (fig. 109A)…..Eriosoma sorbiradicis
6 R IV+V (of fundatrix) more than 0.2 mm long and bearing 7 or more accessory hairs. BL of spring migrant alata more than 4 mm…..Prociphilus oriens
R IV+V (of fundatrix) less than 0.2 mm long with 2-4 accessory hairs. BL of spring migrant alata less than 3 mm…..Prociphilus corrugatans
7 Cauda short; helmet-shaped, triangular or semicircular, shorter than or about as long as its basal width in dorsal view…..8
Cauda tongue- or finger-shaped, clearly longer than its basal width in dorsal view …..18
8 Dorsal cuticle of aptera (fundatrix) very rough with numerous small denticulate projections, and with fine, long hairs (fig. 109B). Alata with transverse bars of dorsal abdominal pigment, often broken, never fused between tergites …..Muscaphis escherichi
Dorsal cuticle of aptera (fundatrix or subsequent generation) smooth or weakly reticulate, with long or short hairs. Alata with a solid black dorsal abdominal patch, or with extensive bars fused between some tergites…..9
9 SIPH more than 4 × cauda and bearing a number of long hairs (in both fundatrix and spring migrant alata)…..Sorbaphis chaetosiphon
SIPH less than 4 × cauda and without hairs…..10
10SIPH with closely-spaced rows of imbrications bearing small nodules or spinules (e.g. fig. 42M)…..11
SIPH smooth or normally imbricated, the imbrications sometimes spinulose but not in regular closely-spaced rows…..12
11 ABD TERG 2-4 each with incomplete double rows of 6-10 spinopleural hairs 50-70 µm long with fine apices. Tergum rough, with numerous spinules arranged on a distinct reticulation (fig. 109C), and with an extensive solid black abdominal patch…..Nearctaphis yohoensis
ABD TERG 2-4 each with a single row of 4 spinopleural hairs that are blunt or acuminate. Tergum with faint reticulation and few spinules, and broad transverse sclerotic bars that are not or only partially fused between tergites…..Nearctaphis californica
12 SIPH smooth, less than 2 × width at base. Spiracular apertures rounded…..Brachycaudus helichrysi
SIPH imbricated, more than 2 × width at base. Spiracular apertures small and reniform …..13
13 SIPH pale and swollen on distal half, with narrower region proximal to swelling (fig. 109D)…..14
SIPH pale or dark, cylindrical or tapering, or with hardly perceptible swelling …..15
14 R IV+V 0.13-0.195 mm. SIPH less than 2.5 × longer than cauda. Head with granulate spinulosity…..Dysaphis pavlovskyana
R IV+V 0.20-0.22 mm. SIPH more than 2.5 × longer than cauda. Head cuticle without granulate spinulosity…..Dysaphis indica
15 SIPH pale. Marginal tubercles present on ABD TERG 1-7 (sometimes absent from 6). Cauda with 6-12 hairs…..Dysaphis sorbi
SIPH dark, at least on distal part. Marginal tubercles present on ABD TERG 1-4 or 1-5, absent from 6 and 7. Cauda with 5, or rarely 6, hairs…..16
16 Hairs on ANT III pointed, maximally 0.9-1.5× basal diameter of segment…..Dysaphis aucupariae
Hairs on ANT III blunt, maximally 0.3-0.8 × basal diameter of segment …..17
17 Hairs on ABD TERG 1-3 consistently short and blunt, maximally 15-20 µm…..Dysaphis ariae
Hairs on ABD TERG 1-3 of variable length, often short and blunt but usually with some pointed hairs 20-60 µm long, especially marginally…..Dysaphis plantaginea
18 ANT PT/BASE 0.55-0.66. Body with finger-like dorsal processes (head with 2 pairs, thoracic segments and ABD TERG 1-4 each with one spinal and one marginal pair, and ABD TERG 5-8 each with a single medial process …..Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) sorbi
ANT PT/BASE more than 1. Body without finger-like dorsal processes …..19 …..19
19 Dorsal cuticle sclerotic and strongly corrugated. R IV+V 1.68-1.90 × HT II and with 2 accessory hairs…..Eumyzus eastopi
Dorsal cuticle not strongly corrugated. R IV+V either less than 1.6 × HT II or with more than 2 accessory hairs…..20
20 Antennal tubercles undeveloped or weakly developed, not exceeding height of central part of frons in dorsal view. Cauda and anal plate dusky to dark…..21
Antennal tubercles moderately to well developed, clearly exceeding height of central part of frons in dorsal view. Cauda and anal plate pale or only slightly dusky…..24
21 SIPH slightly swollen or cylindrical over most of length, constricted subapically and with a large flange (as in fig. 60H). Marginal tubercles on ABD TERG 7 placed posterio-dorsad of spiracle and with basal diameter usually smaller than spiracular aperture…..Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae
SIPH tapering from base to flange, which is only moderately developed. Marginal tubercles on ABD TERG 7 placed posterioventrad of spiracle, and usually larger than spiracular aperture…..22
22 Longest hairs on ANT III more than 2 × basal diameter of segment. ANT PT/BASE more than 3. Alata with secondary rhinaria distributed ANT III 19-28, IV 1-11, V 0-3. Cauda tapering, less than 2 × its basal width …..Aphis lantanae (or setacea? – see text)
Longest hairs on ANT III less than 1.8 × basal diameter of segment. ANT PT/BASE less than 3. Alata with secondary rhinaria distributed ANT III 6-11, IV 0-4, V 0. Cauda finger-like, more than 2 × its basal width…..23
23 Marginal tubercles 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
Marginal tubercles absent from ABD TERG 2-4. Cauda with 7-15 hairs (rarely more than 12). R IV+V less than 0.125…..Aphis spiraecola
24 Inner faces of antennal tubercles scabrous and convergent in dorsal view (e.g. fig. 42I)…..25
Inner faces of antennal tubercles smooth or nearly so, and divergent in dorsal view (e.g. fig. 42K) …..27
25 Dorsal abdomen with a pattern of dark intersegmental spots and flecks (fig. 121J). ANT PT/BASE less than 2.5…..Myzus ornatus
Dorsal abdomen without clear intersegmental dark markings. ANT PT/BASE more than 3…..26
26 SIPH slightly swollen on distal half (fig. 121H). ANT PT/BASE less than 5. (Alata with secondary rhinaria only on ANT III)…..Myzus persicae
SIPH tapering or cylindrical on distal half. ANT PT/BASE more than 5. (Alata with secondary rhinaria distributed ANT III 60-83, IV 36-52, V 13-22) …..Ovatus insitus
27 Body oval. SIPH without any polygonal reticulation (fig. 42Q). ANT III with one small rhinarium near base, and with minute hairs less than half basal diameter of segment…..Ericaphis gentneri
Body spindle-shaped. SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation (fig. 121C). ANT III usually with several secondary rhinaria near base, and with longest hairs more than half basal diameter of segment…..28
28 Cauda with 6-9 hairs. ANT BASE VI 0.20-0.27 mm. Longest hairs on ANT III 10-24 μm, 0.4-0.7 × BD III. (Al. with paired pleural dark patches and large marginal and postsiphuncular sclerites)…..Macrosiphum opportunisticum
Cauda with 8-13 hairs. ANT BASE VI 0.14-0.20 mm. Longest hairs on ANT III 25-40 μm, 0.6-1.0 × BD III. (Al. without dark dorsal abdominal sclerites)…..Macrosiphum pyrifoliae/euphorbiae
SorghastrumPoaceae
Sorghastrum nutans Hysteroneura setariae
Sorghastrum sp.Sipha flava
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SorghumPoaceae
Sorghum arundinaceum Melanaphis sacchari, sorghi; Rhopalosiphum maidis
S. bicolor (incl. vars Anoecia corni, fulviabdominalis, krizusi;
drummondii, saccharatum) Aphis fabae, gossypii; Diuraphis noxia;
[Chaitophorus populialbae (as Myzocallis saccharinus)?];
Forda hirsuta, orientalis;
Geoica lucifuga; Hysteroneura setariae;
Melanaphis sacchari, sorghi; Myzus persicae;
Paracletus cimiciformis; Rhopalosiphum maidis, padi;
Schizaphis grmainum; Sipha flava, maydis;
Sitobion africanum, avenae, leelamaniae, miscanthi,
[Sitobion sp. (Millar 1994)];
Tetraneura capitata, chui, fusiformis, javensis,
nigriabdominalis, nigriabdominalis ssp. shanxiensis,
triangula, ulmi
S. caffrorum = S. bicolor
S. caudatum = S. bicolor
S. cernuum = S. bicolor
S. dochna = S. bicolor
S. dora = S. bicolor
S. durra = S. bicolor
S. fulvum = S. nitidum
S. guineense = S. bicolor
S. halepense Anoecia corni, mirae, vagans; Aphis fabae;
Forda marginata; Geoica lucifuga, utricularia;
Melanaphis pyraria, sacchari, sorghi;
Metopolophium dirhodum, festucae;
Paracletus bykovi ssp. uzbekistanicus, cimiciformis;
[Prociphilus bumeliae]; Pseudaphis sijui;
Rhopalosiphum maidis, padi, rufiabdominale;
Schizaphis agrostis, graminum; Sipha flava, maydis;
Sitobion avenae; [Slavum lentiscoides];
Tetraneura africana, caerulescens, fusiformis, ulmi
S. kavirondo see S. arundinacearum
S. nervosum = S. bicolor
S. nigricans = S. bicolor
S. nitidum Rhopalosiphum maidis
S. roxburghiiMelanaphis sorghi; Rhopalosiphum maidis
S. saccharatum = S. bicolor
S. sudanenseRhopalosiphum maidis; Sipha elegans
S. verticilliflorum = S. arundinacearum
S. virgatumRhopalosiphum maidis, padi; Schizaphis graminum;
Sitobion avenae
S. vulgare = S. bicolor

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SparaxisIridaceae
Sparaxis bulbifera Myzus persicae
S. tricolorAphis gossypii; Macrosiphum euphorbiae;
Smynthurodes betae
Sparaxis spp. (and hybrids) Myzus persicae; Neomyzus circumflexus

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SparganiumTyphaceae
Sparganium emersum Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
S. erectum (incl. ssp. neglectum) Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae; Schizaphis scirpi
S. neglectum = S. erectum ssp. neglectum
S. ramosum = S. erectum
S. simplex = S. emersum
Sparganium sp.Rhopalosiphum enigmae

Key to apterae on Sparganium:-

1 ANT and dorsal body with very long, fine hairs, up to 3 × ANT BD III. Dorsal cuticle without spiculose ornamentation…..Schizaphis scirpi
ANT and dorsal body with shorter hairs. Dorsal cuticle with a pattern of spicules arranged in polygons, each polygon enclosing one or more additional spicules…..2
2 SIPH clavate. Longest hairs on ANT III less than 0.8 × BD III…..Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
SIPH not clavate. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.8-2.0 × BD III …..Rhopalosiphum enigmae
SparmanniaMalvaceae
Sparmannia africana Uroleucon compositae
Sparmannia sp. Myzus ornatus

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SpartinaPoaceae
Spartina cynosuroides Anoecia corni
S. juncea = S. patens
S. maritimaSipha littoralis
S. patens Prociphilus erigeronensis
S. stricta = S. maritima
S. × townsendiiSipha littoralis
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SpartiumFabaceae
Spartium junceum Acyrthosiphon gossypii, pisum;
Aphis craccivora, cytisorum, fabae, genistae,
[pseudocytisorum]
[Eriosoma sparthani (Boisduval; nomen dubium)]
S. scoparium = Cytisus scoparius
S. supranubium = Cytisus supranubius

Key to apterae on Spartium:-

1 Body spindle-shaped, pale. ANT longer than BL. SIPH pale, thin and cylindrical on distal half. Cauda elongate finger-shaped, pale…..2
Body oval, often with dark dorsal markings. ANT shorter than BL. SIPH dark, tapering from base to apex. Cauda tongue-shaped, pale or dark…..3
2 SIPH 0.42-0.50 × BL and 2.5-3.5 × cauda…..Acyrthosiphon gossypii
SIPH 0.23-0.38 × BL and 1.2-1.9 × cauda…..Acyrthosiphon pisum
3 Cauda with 11-25 hairs. Dorsal abdomen usually with a few small dark spots on tergites anterior to SIPH…..Aphis fabae
Cauda with 4-13 hairs. Dorsal abdomen usually with extensive dark sclerotisation …..4
4 SIPH 0.5-0.8 × cauda. Hairs on ANT III 0.8-1.3 × BD III …..Aphis genistae
SIPH 1.1-2.2 × cauda. Hairs on ANT III 0.05-0.75 × BD III…..5
5R IV+V 0.88-1.16 × HT II (mostly 0.9-1.05 ×). 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 ×). Anterior half of genital plate with 2-8 hairs (mode 4, mean 5.2)…..Aphis cytisorum
Spathiphyllum Araceae
Spathiphyllum floribundum Pentalonia nigronervosa
Spathodea Bignoniaceae
Spathodea campanulata Aphis gossypii, spiraecola;
Neomyzus circumflexus
S. diepenhorstiiAphis odinae
S. niloticaAphis gossypii

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Spatularia Saxifragaceae
Spatularia michauxii Nasonovia carolinensis

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SpeckliniaOrchidaceae
Specklinia corniculata Cerataphis orchidearum
Specularia see LegousiaCampanulaceae
SpergulaCaryophyllaceae
Spergula arvensis Aphis gossypii, nasturtii, sambuci; Myzus persicae;
Neomyzus circumflexus; Sitobion avenae

See key under Spergularia.

SpergulariaCaryophyllaceae
Spergularia diandra Myzus persicae
S. marinaAphidura urmiensis; Aphis nasturtii;
[Myzus sp. (Leonard 1968:357)]
S. mediaMyzus persicae
S. rubraMacrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus certus, persicae
S. rupicolaMyzus persicae
Spergularia spp.Aphis sambuci; Sitobion avenae

Key to aphids on Spergula and Spergularia:-

1 Anterior part of mesosternum with a pair of rounded mammariform processes…..Aphidura urmiensis
Mesosternum without mammariform processes…..2
2 Head without spicules…..3
Head densely spiculose…..7
3 SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without marginal tubercles (MTu)…..4
SIPH without subapical reticulation. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with MTu…..5
4 SIPH dark, 1.1-1.4 × cauda, with reticulation on distal 0.19-0.35 of length. ANT hairs maximally 0.3-0.5 × BD III…..Sitobion avenae
SIPH pale, 1.7-2.2 × cauda, with reticulation on distal 0.13-0.2 of length. ANT hairs maximally 0.6-1.0 × BD III…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
5 SIPH black, 2.1-3.5 × cauda which is short and bears 10-20 hairs. ABD TERG 2-4 consistently with well-developed flat MTu…..Aphis sambuci
SIPH pale or dark, 0.9-2.2 × cauda which is much longer than its basal width and bears 4-11 hairs. ABD TERG 2-4 only sporadically with small MTu…..6
6SIPH uniformly dark. Hairs on hind femur all shorter than diameter of femur at its base…..Aphis gossypii
SIPH usually rather pale, darker at apex. Hairs on hind femur mainly longer, some of them about as long as, or longer than, diameter of femur at its base …..Aphis nasturtii
7Dorsal abdomen with a large roughly horseshoe-shaped patch, and dark cross bars on thorax. SIPH not clavate…..Neomyzus circumflexus
Dorsum without any distinctive dark markings. SIPH at least slightly clavate …..8
8R IV+V in most specimens with only one pair of lateral accessory hairs (plus 0-3 ventral accessory hairs). Value of function CAUDA/(ANT III × PT) in range 0.80-1.52, but rarely more than 1.25 except in small specimens (those with ANT III less than 0.32 mm)…..Myzus persicae
R IV+V in most specimens with two pairs of lateral accessory hairs. Value of function CAUDA/(ANT III × PT) in range 1.2-2.7 (rarely less than 1.25) …..Myzus certus
Spermacoce (including Borreria)Rubiaceae
Spermacoce spp.Aphis gossypii, spiraecola; Macrosiphum euphorbiae;
Myzus persicae; Uroleucon compositae

[One or more of the above polyphagous aphid species have been recorded from each of the following Spermacoce spp.: chaetocephala, densiflora, eupatorioides, hispida, laevis, octodon, ocymifolia, ocymoides, princeae, pusilla, ruelliae, scabra, senensis, stachydea, verticillata.]

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SpermadictyonRubiaceae
Spermadictyon suaeveolens Aphis gossypii, spiraecola

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SphaeralceaMalvaceae
Sphaeralcea coccinea Myzus persicae; Neomyzus circumflexus
S. fendleriAphis gossypii
S. miniata Aphis craccivora
Sphaeralcea sp.Uroleucon ambrosiae

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SphaeranthusAsteraceae
Sphaeranthus flexuosus Aphis gossypii
S. suaeveolensMyzus ornatus

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SphaerophysaFabaceae
Sphaerophysa salsula Aphis craccivora (? – as laburni)
SphagneticolaAsteraceae
Sphagneticola trilobata Acyrthosiphon bidenticola; Aphis fabae, gossypii;
Neomyzus circumflexus; Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae;
Uroleucon ambrosiae

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SphagnumSphagnaceae
Sphagnum capillifolium [Pachypappa sacculi]
S. magellanicumPseudacaudella rubida
S. recurvumPseudacaudella rubida
S. rubellumMyzodium modestum; [Pachypappa sacculi]
S. russowii[Pachypappa rosettei]
Sphagnum sp.Melaphis rhois; [Prociphilus xylostei]

Use key to aphids on mosses under Polytrichum.

SphallerocarpusApiaceae
Sphallerocarpus gracilis [Dysaphis sibirica (?)]
Sphenogyne see UrsiniaAsteraceae
Sphenomeris Dennstaedtiaceae
Sphenomeris chinensis Micromyzella filicis

(or use key to fern-feeding aphids under Polypodium)

SphenopholisPoaceae
Sphenopholis nitida Carolinaia rhois

(or use key to apterae of grass-feeding aphids under Digitaria)

SpilanthesAsteraceae
Spilanthes acmella Aphis gossypii, spiraecola; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
Myzus persicae; Uroleucon compositae
S. acuminata (?)Myzus persicae
S. iabadicensis = Acmella uliginosa
S. urensAphis coreopsidis, gossypii

Key to apterae on Spilanthes:-

ANT III-VI dark, contrasting with pale ANT I-II and head, which has ANT tubercles weakly developed. SIPH long, thin and black, 0.24-0.4 × BL, contrasting with pale cauda, and without polygonal reticulation…..Aphis coreopsidis
Without the above combination of characters …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
SpinaciaAmaranthaceae
Spinacia oleraceaAphis craccivora, fabae, gossypii, solanella, spiraecola;
Aulacorthum solani; Hayhurstia atriplicis;
[Lipaphis erysimi]; Macrosiphum euphorbiae;
Myzus ornatus, persicae; Neomyzus circumflexus;
Pemphigus sp(p); [Sitobion miscanthi]

Use key to apterae on Beta.

Spiraea (including Opulaster)Rosaceae
Spiraea albaAcyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis pomi, spiraecola;
Brachycaudus spiraeae
S. alba var. latifolia Acyrthosiphon ignotum, pseudodirhodum;
Aphis spiraecola, spiraephila; Illinoia spiraecola
S. aquilegifoliaAphis spiraephaga
S. ×argutaAcyrthosiphon ignotum;
Aphis fabae, spiraecola, spiraephaga;
Brachycaudus spiraeae; Illinoia spiraeae
S. aruncus = Aruncus sylvester
S. baldshuanicaTricaudatus polygoni
S. bellaAcyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis fabae, spiraecola;
Brachycaudus helichrysi; Myzus ornatus, persicae;
Tricaudatus polygoni
S. betulifoliaAphis spiraecola, spiraephaga, spiraephila
S. betulifolia var. corymbosa Aphis spiraecola; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
[Schoutedenia ralumensis]; Sitobion rosaeiformis;
Tricaudatus polygoni
S. billardiiAcyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis spiraephaga;
Brachycaudus spiraeae
S. blumeiAphis spiraecola; Myzus persicae
S. bullata = S. japonica var. bullata
S. ×bumaldaAcyrthosiphon ignotum;
Aphis fabae, spiraecola, spiraephaga;
Brachycaudus spiraeae; Illinoia spiraeae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
S. callosa = S. japonica
S. canescensAcyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis spiraephaga;
[Cavariella himachali]
S. cantoniensisAphis fabae, gossypii, [odinae], pomi, spiraecola,
spiraephaga;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Parachaitophorus spiraeae
S. chamaedryfolia Acyrthosiphon ignotum;
Aphis fabae, grandis, pomi, spiraecola, spiraephaga,
ucrainensis;
Brachycaudus spiraeae; Pseudomegoura magnolia;
Tricaudatus polygoni
S. chartaceaAphis spiraecola
S. ×cinereaAcyrthosiphon ignotum
S. corymbosa = S. betulifolia var. corymbosa
S. crenataAcyrthosiphon ignotum;
Aphis pomi, spiraecola, spiraephaga, ucrainensis;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae
S. densiflora var. splendens Aphis spiraecola
S. douglasiiAcyrthosiphon ignotum;
Aphis fabae, pomi, spiraecola, spiraephila;
Aspidophorodon longicauda; Brachycaudus spiraeae;
Illinoia spiraeae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, willamettense;
[aphid gall – Wahlgren 1956, 51]
S. douglasii ssp. menziesii Aspidophorodon longicauda; Brachycaudus spiraeae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
S. elegansAphis spiraephila
S. filipendula see Filipendula vulgaris
S. flexuosaAphis spiraephaga; Tricaudatus polygoni
S. florepleno = S. prunifolia var. florepleno
S. fritschianaAphis spiraecola
S. gemmata = S. mongolica
S. hypericifoliaAcyrthosiphon ignotum, soldatovi
Aphis [craccivora], grandis, spiraecola, spiraephaga,
ucrainensis;
[Avicennina sogdiana]; Brachycaudus spiraeae;
Tricaudatus polygoni
S. japonica (incl. vars acuminata, Aphis fabae, gossypii, pomi, spiraecola, spiraephaga;
alpina, bullata)Brachycaudus spiraeae; Illinoia spiraeae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Macrosiphum sp. (Canada, BMNH collection);
Myzus ornatus, persicae; Parachaitophorus spiraeae
S. koreana = S. fritschiana
S. lanceolataAphis neospiraeae
S. lasiocarpaAphis spiraephaga, ucrainensis; Brachycaudus spiraeae
S. latifolia = S. alba var. latifolia
S. lindleyanaMyzus sp. (primary host form of M. ornatus? – see text)
S. longigemmisAphis spiraecola; Myzus persicae
S. mediaAcyrthosiphon ignotum, soldatovi;
Aphis grandis, grata, mutini, pomi, spiraecola,
spiraephaga, ucrainensis;
Brachycaudus spiraeae; Tricaudatus polygoni
S. menziesii = S. douglasii var. menziesii
S. microgynaAphis spiraecola
S. mongolica Aphis spiraecola; Myzus persicae
S. nipponica (incl. var. tosaensis) Acyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis spiraecola, spiraephaga;
Myzus persicae
S. obovataAcyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis fabae
S. opulifolia = Opulaster opulifolius
S. pilosaAphis spiraecola
S. plena = S. prunifolia
S. prunifolia (incl. vars florepleno, Acyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis spiraecola, spiraephaga; simpliciflora)
Brachycaudus spiraeae
S. ×pseudosalicifolia Brachycaudus spiraeae
S. salicifoliaAcyrthosiphon ignotum, [leleji], soldatovi;
Aphis fabae, neospiraeae, pomi, spiraecola, spiraephaga,
ucrainensis, ulmariae;
Brachycaudus spiraeae; Illinoia spiraecola;
Macrosiphum cholodkovskyi, rosae;
Parachaitophorus spiraeae
S. sargentianaAphis pomi
S. ×semiflorensAcyrthosiphon ignotum
S. sericeaAcyrthosiphon ignotum
S. sorbifolia = Sorbaria sorbifolia
S. splendens = S. densiflora var. splendens
S. steveniiAphis grata, kamtchatica
S. thalictroides = S. aquilegifolia
S. thunbergiiAcyrthosiphon ignotum;
Aphis [kogomecola], spiraecola, spiraephaga;
Illinoia spiraecola; [aphid gall – Wahlgren 1956, 51];
Parachaitophorus spiraeae
S. tomentosaAphis spiraecola
S. tosaensis = S. nipponica var. tosaensis
S. trichocarpaAcyrthosiphon ignotum; Aphis spiraecola, spiraephaga;
Myzus persicae
S. trilobataAphis [craccivora], spiraephaga, ucrainensis;
Brachycaudus spiraeae
S. ulmaria = Filipendula ulmaria
S. ulmifoliaAphis spiraecola; Brachycaudus spiraeae;
Myzus persicae
S. ussuriensis = S. chamaedryfolia
S. vaccinifoliaAphis fabae
S. ×vanhoutteiAcyrthosiphon ignotum;
Aphis gossypii, pomi, spiraecola, spiraephaga,
ucrainensis;
Brachycaudus spiraeae; Illinoia spiraeae
S. vestita = Filipendula vestita
S. wilsoniiAphis spiraephaga
Spiraea spp.Acyrthosiphon rubi; [Aphis (Toxoptera) citricidus];
[Clethrobius dryobius]; Illinoia macgillivrayae;
Macrosiphum [opportunisticum], pachysiphon;
[Metopolophium sonchifoliae]; Myzus cymbalariae;
[Myzakkaia verbasci]; [Neobetulaphis immaculata];
Neomyzus circumflexus; [Schoutedenia emblica];
[Semiaphis heraclei]; [Tuberaphis indica]

Key to apterae on Spiraea:-

1 Dorsal body hairs very long and thick, arising from tuberculate bases on dark scleroites. Eyes reduced, often to 3 facets. SIPH as dark, very broad-based cones. Cauda with just 2 long hairs…..Parachaitophorus spiraeae
Dorsal body hairs shorter or fine if long, not arising from tuberculate bases on dark scleroites. Eyes large, multifacetted. SIPH tubular, pale or dark. Cauda with 4 or more hairs…..2
2 ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu)…..3
ABD TERG 1 and 7 without MTu…..15
3 SIPH short, only 0.4-0.5 × cauda, which bears 13-16 hairs. ANT PT/BASE 1.3-1.5…..Aphis spiraephila
SIPH 0.6-2.5 × cauda. ANT PT/BASE 1.0-2.9, but if less than 1.7 then cauda bears less than 13 hairs…..4
4 Abdomen with either a dark dorsal shield or at least some scattered dark markings on ABD TERG 1-6, following the polygonal pattern of reticulation of the cuticle, and usually with dark transverse sclerites on ABD TERG 7 and 8…..5
Abdomen without any dark markings on ABD TERG 1-6, and without or with only lightly-pigmented sclerites on 8, or 7 and 8…..12
5 ABD TERG 2-4 as well as 1 and 7 with well-developed marginal tubercles (MTu) ……6
MTu only consistently present on (prothorax and) ABD TERG 1 and 7 …..7
6 ABD TERG 1-6 with an extensive dark shield. SIPH 0.7-1.15 × cauda. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.5-1.0 × BD III…..Aphis ucrainensis*
ABD TERG 1-6 with scattered dark markings. SIPH at least 1.5 × cauda. Longest hairs on ANT III more than 1.5 × BD III…..Aphis kamtchatica*
7 ANT III with 1-6 rhinaria. ANT PT/BASE 1.0-1.5. Tergum with extensive dark sclerotisation…..Aphis mutini*
ANT III usually without rhinaria (except in alatiform specimens). ANT PT/BASE 1.4-3.5. Tergum with or without extensive dark sclerotisation…..8
8 Longest hairs on ANT III 0.5-0.9 × BD III. R IV+V 0.65-0.92 × HT II…..Aphis spiraephaga
Longest hairs on ANT III 0.8-3.4 × BD III, but if shorter than BD III then R IV+V is more than 0.92 × HT II…..9
9 ABD TERG 1-6 as well as 7 and 8 with broad dark cross-bands. BL 2.7-3.1 mm…..Aphis grandis*
ABD TERG 1 6 without broad dark cross bands. BL 1.3-3.6 mm…..10
10 ABD TERG 7 and 8 (or 6-8) with dark dorsal cross-bands, but ABD TERG 1-5 with only small, scattered sclerites. SIPH 0.8-1.6 × cauda. R IV+V 0.9-1.1 × HT II …..Aphis fabae
ABD TERG 7 and 8 with or without narrow cross-bands, but ABD TERG 1-5 with more extensive sclerotisation, usually comprising an irregular perforated and often incomplete spinal stripe or central patch. SIPH 0.6-1.0 × cauda. R IV+V 0.7-1.0 × HT II …..11
11 Longest hairs on ANT III 1.6-2.2 × BD III. ANT PT/BASE 1.8-2.45. R IV+V 0.85-1.2 × HT II. Cauda with 9-23 hairs…..Aphis neospiraeae
Longest hairs on ANT III 1.1-1.6 × BD III. ANT PT/BASE 1.4-2.0. R IV+V 0.7-0.9 × HT II. Cauda with 3-11 hairs…..Aphis grata
12 Femoral hairs all shorter than trochantro-femoral suture. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.4-0.8 × BD III. Cauda with 4-8 hairs…..Aphis gossypii
Femora with at least some long, fine-pointed hairs, longer than trochantro-femoral suture. Longest hair on ANT III 0.5-1.7 × BD III. Cauda with 6-19 hairs…..13
13 Cauda pale or dusky, without any constriction at midlength, less than 2 × longer than its midlength width. SIPH pale, dusky or dark, if dark then often less so in middle region. ABD TERG 2-4 often with MTu…..Aphis ulmariae
Cauda dark, with a midlength constriction, and more than 2 × longer than its width at the narrowest midlength point. SIPH dark. ABD TERG 2-4 with or without MTu …..14
14 Marginal 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
15 SIPH with subapical reticulation (at least 3-4 rows of closed polygonal cells) …..16
SIPH without subapical polygonal reticulation (sometimes with a few transverse interconnected striae)…..25
16SIPH dark for at least distal half of length…..17
SIPH pale, or dark only towards apices…..19
17 SIPH thick, tapering, c. 6-7 × longer than their diameter at midlength, with a very small flange…..Macrosiphum pachysiphon
SIPH almost cylindrical for most of length, 9-19 × longer than their diameter at midlength, with a rather well-developed flange…..18
18 Front of head black. ANT III with 10-35 rhinaria. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.7-1.1 × BD III. SIPH 1.9-2.4 × cauda…..Macrosiphum rosae
Front of head pale/dusky. ANT III with 3-5 rhinaria. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.4-0.55 × BD III. SIPH 1.5-2.0 × cauda…..Sitobion rosaeiformis
19 SIPH swollen on distal third to 1.2-1.5 × their minimum diameter basad. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.2-0.45 × BD III…..20
SIPH cylindrical on distal half (except that subapical reticulated section may be somewhat constricted). Longest hairs on ANT III 0.5-1.2 × BD III…..22
20 First tarsal joints with 3 hairs. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.30-0.45 × BD III. ANT V 1.8-2.4 × cauda. Swollen part of SIPH very lightly imbricated …..Illinoia spiraecola
First tarsal joints with 4-5 hairs. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.20-0.25 × BD III. ANT V 1.2-1.8 × cauda. Swollen part of SIPH moderately imbricated…..21
21 SIPH 1.65-2.3 × cauda. R IV+V 0.125-0.141 mm long, 0.85-1.15 × HT II…..Illinoia spiraeae
SIPH 2.35-2.6 × cauda. R IV+V 0.150-0.177 mm long, 1.05-1.25 × HT II…..Illinoia macgillivrayae
22 SIPH dark distally. R IV+V 1.0-1.2 × HT II. Cauda with 9-19 hairs…..23
SIPH pale or only slightly dusky towards apices. R IV+V 0.7-1.0 × HT II. Cauda with 6-12 hairs…..24
23 Longest hairs on ANT III 0.8-1.2 × BD III. Cauda with 11-19 hairs…..Macrosiphum cholodkovskyi
Longest hairs on ANT III 0.6-0.8 × BD III. Cauda with 9-10 hairs…..Macrosiphum sp. (B.C., Canada, on S. japonica, BMNH collection, leg. C.-k. Chan)
24 Longest hairs on ANT III 0.52-0.55 × BD III. Cauda 1.3-1.8 × ANT VI BASE, with 6-9 (usually 7)hairs. ANT VI BASE 2.0-2.6 × R IV+V …..Macrosiphum willamettense
Longest hairs on ANT III 0.6-1.0 × BD III. Cauda 2.1-3.5 × ANT VI BASE, with 8-12 hairs. ANT VI BASE 0.9-1.5 × R IV+V…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
25 Cauda short, helmet-shaped, not longer than its basal width in dorsal view …..26
Cauda finger-shaped, much longer than its basal width in dorsal view…..28
26 SIPH clavate. Spiracular apertures small and reniform …..Avicennina sogdiana*
SIPH conical, with a subapical annular incision. Spiracular apertures large and rounded…..27
27 R IV+V 1.2-1.3 × HT II. HT I with 3 hairs (sense peg present). Dorsal abdomen pale…..Brachycaudus helichrysi
R IV+V 0.8-1.0 × HT II. HT I with 2 hairs (no sense peg). Dorsal abdomen often with dark sclerotisation…..Brachycaudus spiraeae
28 ABD TERG 8, or 7 and 8, with conical or finger-like hair-bearing spinal processes. SIPH smooth…..29
ABD TERG 7 and 8 without any projections. SIPH smooth or imbricated …..30
29 SIPH dusky/dark, longer than cauda, markedly inflated distally over c.0.75 of length, with maximum width of swollen part c.2.5 × minimum width of stem, and with a distinct flange. ABD TERG 7 and 8 with bluntly conical spinal tubercles …..Tricaudatus polygoni
SIPH pale, not longer than cauda, cylindrical or only slightly clavate, and completely flangeless. ABD TERG 8 with a finger-like projection above cauda…..Aspidophorodon longicauda
30 Head densely spiculose, at least on ventral side…..31
Head not spiculose…..32
31 ABD TERG (1-) 2-3 (-5) with conspicuous papillate marginal tubercles (MTu). Head, prothorax (sometimes) and ABD TERG 7 and 8 (often) with paired spinal tubercles (STu). ANT PT/BASE 1.9-2.4. Dorsum pale. SIPH tapering/cylindrical and coarsely imbricated…..Myzus sp. on S. lindleyana (possible primary host forms of M. ornatus?)
ABD TERG without or with only sporadic flat inconspicuous MTu, and STu absent from head and prothorax and sporadic on ABD TERG 7-8. If ANT PT/BASE less than 2.5 then dorsum has pattern of intersegmental markings…..go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 5
32 ANT PT more than 2.2 × SIPH, which are only 0.8-1.2 × cauda. ANT III with 5-30 rhinaria…..Acyrthosiphon pseudodirhodum
ANT PT 0.8-1.4 × SIPH, which are 1.7-2.5 × cauda. ANT III with 1-8 rhinaria …..33
33 SIPH 1.7-2.0 × cauda. R IV+V 0.55-0.85 × HT II …..Acyrthosiphon ignotum
SIPH 2.1-2.9 × cauda. R IV+V 0.9-1.1 × HT II…..34
34 Dorsal cuticle papillated or markedly wrinkled. R IV+V 0.9-1.1 × ANT BASE VI, and bearing 7-10 accessory hairs…..Acyrthosiphon rubi
Dorsal cuticle rather smooth. R IV+V c.0.7 × ANT BASE VI, with 6 accessory hairs…..Acyrthosiphon soldatovi
Spiranthes Orchidaceae
Spiranthes grayi = S. tuberosa
S. tuberosaRhopalosiphum nymphaeae
SpirodelaAraceae
Spirodela polyrrhiza Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
S. punctataRhopalosiphum nymphaeae
Spodiopogon (including Eccoilopus)Poaceae
Spodiopogon cotulifer Sitobion yasumatsui
S. rhizophorusHysteroneura setariae
S. sibiricusSitobion avenae

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

Spondias Anacardiaceae
Spondias cirouella = S. purpurea
S. mombinAphis aurantii, spiraecola
S. purpureaAphis aurantii, spiraecola; Myzus persicae
Spondias sp. Aphis odinae

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

SporobolusPoaceae
Sporobolus africanus Hysteroneura setariae; Sitobion graminis
S. berteroanus = S. indicus
S. diander = S. diandrus
S. diandrusHysteroneura setariae
S. festivusHysteroneura setariae
S. indicus Hysteroneura setariae; [Pterasthenia shiraensis];
Rhopalosiphum padi; Schizaphis graminum; Sipha flava;
Sitobion africanum, graminis; Tetraneura fusiformis
S. junceus Hysteroneura setariae
S. mildbraediiHysteroneura setariae; Myzus ornatus; Sitobion graminis
S. mysorensis (?)Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale
S. neglectusSchizaphis graminum
S. poiretii = S. junceus
S. pyramidalisHysteroneura setariae; Myzus ornatus;
Rhopalosiphum maidis, padi; Sitobion graminis
S. virginicusRhopalosiphum maidis
Sporobolus sp.Geoica lucifuga
Use key to apterae of grass-feeding aphids under Digitaria.
Spuriopimpinella see PimpinellaApiaceae
StachyopsisLamiaceae
Stachyopsis lamiiflora [Brachycaudus cerasicola];
Cryptomyzus malkovskii, transiliensis
S. marrubioidesCryptomyzus malkovskii
S. oblongataCryptomyzus malkovskii
S. ovata[Brachycaudus cerasicola]; Cryptomyzus transiliensis

Key to apterae on Stachyopsis:-

(Both the keyed species have long capitate dorsal hairs arising from tuberculate bases.)

Cauda helmet-shaped, not longer than its basal width. ANT III with numerous (18-53) rhinaria, and also 3-15 on ANT IV. SIPH tapering to apex …..Cryptomyzus malkovskii
Cauda tongue-shaped, much longer than its basal width. ANT III with 1-4 rhinaria near base, IV with 0. SIPH swollen on distal half…..Cryptomyzus transiliensis
StachysLamiaceae
Stachys ajugoides Aulacorthum solani
S. alpinaCryptomyzus ribis; Ovatomyzus ribis, stachyos
S. annuaAphis frangulae, stachydis; Cryptomyzus korschelti, ribis;
Kaltenbachiella pallida; [Pemphigus sp.];
Roepkea marchali
S. arvensisAphis frangulae ssp. beccabungae, gossypii, stachydis;
Aulacorthum solani; Cryptomyzus ribis
S. betonica see S. officinalis
S. betoniciflora Rupr. Brachycaudus cerasicola; Cryptomyzus karzhantavicus
S. bullataAmphorophora stachyophila; Aulacorthum solani;
Neomyzus circumflexus
S. byzantinaCryptomyzus korschelti; Ovatomyzus stachyos
S. californica = S. bullata
S. ciliata = S. mexicana
S. cooleyae Cryptomyzus ribis
S. creticaAphis stachydis (? – see text); Roepkea marchali
S. foliosa Regel = S. betoniciflora
S. germanicaCryptomyzus galeopsidis, korschelti;
Ovatomyzus stachyos
S. glutinosaAphis stachydis
S. heracleaOvatomyzus chamaedrys
S. japonica = S. riederi
S. lanata = S. byzantina
S. mexicana Cryptomyzus ribis
S. officinalis (incl. betonica) Aulacorthum solani;
Cryptomyzus heinzei, korschelti, ribis
S. olympica = S. byzantina
S. palustrisAphis frangulae ssp. beccabungae, stachydis;
Aulacorthum solani;
Cryptomyzus korschelti, ribis, stachydis;
Myzus persicae; Uroleucon stachydis
S. pilosaAphis stachydis, [Aphis (Cerosipha) sp. (Weiss 1955)];
Cryptomyzus galeopsidis, korschelti, ribis, stachydis;
Uroleucon stachydis
S. rectaAphis [eupatorii], [origani], stachydis; Cryptomyzus ribis
S. riederi (incl. vars. hispidula, Aphis gossypii; Cryptomyzus ribis japonica)
S. rigida (incl. ssp. quercetorum) Amphorophora stachyophila
S. scopulorum = S. pilosa
S. sericeaAphis stachydis; Myzus ornatus
S. sideritoides = S. sericea
S. sylvaticaAphis stachydis; Aulacorthum solani;
Cryptomyzus galeopsidis, korschelti, ribis, stachydis;
Uroleucon stachydis
Stachys sp.Aphis tashevi

Key to apterae on Stachys:-

1 ANT 4- (occasionally 5-) segmented, less than 0.15 × BL, with PT/BASE less than 1. SIPH absent. All segments with wax glands, each consisting of a ring of roundish facets around a central field…..Kaltenbachiella pallida
ANT usually 6-segmented, more than 0.2 × BL, with PT/BASE more than 1.5. No evident dorsal wax glands…..2
2 Cauda semicircular to helmet-shaped, shorter than its basal width in dorsal view. Dorsum often with an extensive black sclerotic shield…..3
Cauda finger-like, longer than its basal width. Dorsum without an extensive black sclerotic shield…..4
3 SIPH shorter than R IV+V, lightly imbricated, without spicules. Dorsal cuticle not spiculose ….. Brachycaudus cerasicola
SIPH longer than R IV+V, with transverse rows of spicules. Dorsal cuticle spiculose …..Roepkea marchali
4 Dorsal body hairs long and thick, much longer than ANT BD III, and many or all of them with knobbed or expanded apices, and arising from tuberculate bases (e.g. Fig.50a) …..5
Dorsal body hairs mostly shorter than BD III; pointed or blunt, or if with somewhat expanded apices then without tuberculate bases…..9
5 SIPH 5.1-6.5 × cauda….. Cryptomyzus karzhantavicus*
SIPH 1.1-4.0 × cauda…..6
6 SIPH 1.1-2.1 × cauda. R IV+V 0.9-1.1 × HT II, and bearing 2-5 accessory hairs. Longest hairs on ANT III 1.0-1.3 × BD III…..Cryptomyzus galeopsidis
SIPH 2.4-4.0 × cauda. R IV+V 0.9-1.8 × HT II, and bearing 6-17 accessory hairs. Longest hairs on ANT III 0.4-0.9 × BD III…..7
7 SIPH 2.3-3.1 × cauda. R IV+V 1.3-1.4 × HT II, and bearing 6-8 accessory hairs…..Cryptomyzus ribis
SIPH 3.1-4.0 × cauda. R IV+V 1.5-1.8 × HT II, and bearing 8-17 accessory hairs …..8
8 R IV+V with 11-17 accessory hairs. Longest hairs on ANT I much longer and thicker than any hairs on ANT III. Longest dorsal hairs more than 100 μm long…..Cryptomyzus korschelti
R IV+V with 7-9 accessory hairs. Longest hair on ANT I similar in size to longest hair on ANT III. Longest dorsal hairs less than 80 μm long…..Cryptomyzus heinzei
9 Head densely spinulose, with ANT tubercles well developed, their inner faces scabrous and parallel of apically convergent …..go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 5
Head without spicules, ANT tubercles undeveloped, weakly developed, or if well developed then with inner faces smooth and divergent…..10
10 ANT tubercles well developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without marginal tubercles (MTu)…..11
ANT tubercles undeveloped or weakly developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with MTu …..15
11 ANT III with 44-72 rhinaria. SIPH dusky to dark, with a distal zone of polygonal reticulation. Cauda dusky to dark with c.20-22 hairs …..Uroleucon stachydis
ANT III with 0-25 rhinaria. SIPH pale, without polygonal reticulation. Cauda pale with 5-13 hairs…..12
12 BL 2.5-3.5 mm. ANT III with 2-25 rhinaria. SIPH smooth, distinctly clavate …..13
BL 0.9-1.6 mm. ANT III without rhinaria. SIPH imbricated, cylindrical or only slightly swollen subapically…..14
13 SIPH 2.9-4.1 × cauda and markedly swollen over distal 0.7, with maximum width of swollen part 1.7-2.0 × minimum width basad (Fig.50b). ANT PT/BASE 8.4-9.8. R IV+V with 5-8 accessory hairs…..Cryptomyzus stachydis
SIPH 1.7-2.4 × cauda, swollen on distal 0.5 to a maximum of c.1.6 × minimum width basad (Fig.50c). ANT PT/BASE 6.2-8.1. R IV+V with 26-30 accessory hairs…..Amphorophora stachyophila
14 SIPH 15-23 × longer than their midlength diameter (Fig.50d). Longest hair on ANT tubercles 0.9-1.3 × BD III…..Ovatomyzus stachyos
SIPH 9-14 × longer than their midlength diameter (Fig.50e). Longest hair on ANT tubercles 0.5-0.8 × BD III…..Ovatomyzus chamaedrys
15 ANT III with 0-10 sec. rhinaria on distal part, IV with 3-9 and V with 0-4. Rostrum very short, length of sclerotised part of stylet groove less than 0.4 mm …..Aphis tashevi
ANT without sec. rhinaria (except in alatiform specimens). Rostrum longer, length of sclerotised part of stylet groove more than 0.4 mm) …..Aphis stachydis (or A. gossypii?)
StachytarphetaVerbenaceae
Stachytarpheta angustifolia Aphis gossypii
S. jamaicensisAphis gossypii
Stachytarpheta sp. [Hysteroneura setariae]
StachyurusStachyuraceae
Stachyurus praecox Xenosiphonaphis conandri, japonica

Key to alate fundatrigeniae:-

(Populations on Stachyurus consist of fundatrices and alatae only, and the fundatrix of X. conandri is undescribed.)

BL 1.6-2.1 mm. Dorsal abdomen with very broad dark cross-bands on ABD TERG 1-7, partially fused across ABD TERG 3-6 with only small gaps between them. Sec. rhin. III 17-20, IV 7-8, V 0-1…..Xenosiphonaphis conandri
BL 2.4-3.0 mm. Dorsal abdomen with dark cross-bands partly fused marginally, but with wide gaps between them in spinal region. Sec. rhin. III 22-26, IV 4-9, V 0-1…..Xenosiphonaphis japonica
StanhopeaOrchidaceae
Stanhopea graveolens Sitobion luteum
Staphylea Staphyleaceae
Staphylea bumalda Aphis gossypii; Indomegoura indica, nigrotibiae
S. colchicaRhopalosiphoninus staphyleae
S. pinnataAphis fabae; Rhopalosiphoninus staphyleae
S. trifoliaAphis fabae

Key to apterae on Staphylea:-

1 SIPH dark and tapering from base to flange …..go to key to polyphagous aphids, staring at couplet 14
SIPH pale or dark, swollen over part of length…..2
2 Legs mainly pale. Head spiculose, with inner faces of antennal tubercles approximately parallel. SIPH pale except distally, swollen on distal 0.7, without subapical reticulation; maximum diameter of swollen part more than 1.5 × minimum width of proximal “neck” region (fig. 110C)…..Rhopalosiphoninus staphyleae
Legs dark. Dorsal cuticle of head smooth or slightly wrinkled, inner faces of antennal tubercles broadly divergent. SIPH uniformly dark, more-or-less barrel-shaped, thickest in middle, with subapical reticulation (figs 110A, B)…..3
3 BL more than 3 mm. Cauda elongate, much longer than wide, more than 0.5 × SIPH. R IV+V 0.7-0.9 × HT II. SIPH almost cylindrical on proximal 0.7 of length, narrowing only subapically (fig. 110A)…..Indomegoura indica
BL less than 3 mm. Cauda triangular, about as long as its basal width, less than 0.5 × SIPH. R IV+V 0.9-1.1 × HT II. SIPH narrowing proximad as well as distad of swelling (fig. 110B)…..Indomegoura nigrotibiae
Statice see LimoniumPlumbaginaceae
StauntoniaLardizabulaceae
Stauntonia hebandra = S. obovata
S. hexaphyllaSitobon akebiae
S. obovata Amphicercidus laniger

Couplet to separate these two species:-

(Both species have dark SIPH, non-spiculose head and low, broadly divergent ANT tubercles.)

Cauda short, conical with rounded apex, about as long as its basal width in dorsal view. SIPH without polygonal reticulation. ANT with finely pointed hairs, many of them longer than BD III…..Amphicercidus laniger
Cauda much longer than its basal width. SIPH with distal polygonal reticulation. ANT with short blunt hairs, less than 0.5 × BD III…..Sitobion akebiae
SteganotaeniaApiaceae
Steganotaenia araliacea Aphis fabae; Hyadaphis coriandri

Use key to apterae on Coriandrum.

Steirodiscus see EuryopsAsteraceae
Steirodiscus chrysanthemoides = Euryops chyrysanthemoides
Steironema see LysimachiaPrimulaceae
StelechocarpusAnnonaceae
Stelechocarpus burahol Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
StelisOrchidaceae
Stelis aprica Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Sitobion luteum
S. cubensis = S. aprica
S. ekmaniiSitobion luteum
S. ophioglossoides Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Sitobion luteum
S. velaticaulis Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Sitobion luteum

Use key to aphids on orchids under Cymbidium.

StellariaCaryophyllaceae
Stellaria alsine = S. uliginosa
S. aquatica = Myosoton aquaticum
S. crispata = S. monosperma
S. dichotomaStellariopsis songini
S. gramineaAulacorthum solani; Brachycolus stellariae;
Macrosiphum stellariae; Myzus ascalonicus
S. holosteaAphis fabae; Brachycolus stellariae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, [hartigi], stellariae, [ gei];
Myzus ascalonicus, [dianthicola], persicae, titschaki
S. jamesiana = Pseudostelleria jamesiana
S. longipesBrachycaudus helichrysi; Brachycolus brachysiphon
S. mediaAcyrthosiphon auctum
Aphis craccivora, fabae, gossypii, nasturtii,
[rhamnicola], sambuci;
Aulacorthum solani; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae;
Myzus ascalonicus, certus, cymbalariae, icelandicus,
ornatus, persicae;
Neomyzus circumflexus;
Neotoxoptera oliveri, [sunkangensis];
Rhopalosiphoninus latysiphon;
Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale; [Sipha maydis]
S. monosperma Abstrusomyzus phloxae;
Myzus ascalonicus, ornatus, persicae
S. neglectaMyzus ascalonicus
S. nemorumAphis nasturtii; Aulacorthum solani;
[Brachycaudus lychnidis]; Brachycolus stellariae;
[Jacksonia papillata]; Macrosiphum stellariae;
Myzus ascalonicus
S. peduncularis = S. longipes
S. uliginosaAphis nasturtii; Macrosiphum stellariae; [Myzus cerasi]
Stellaria sp.[Macrosiphum incertum Mordvilko (= stellariae?)]

Key to apterae on Stellaria:-

1SIPH pale with subapical polygonal reticulation (at least 4-5 rows of closed cells). ANT III with 1-13 rhinaria, and with longest hairs 0.6-1.2 × BD III…..2
SIPH pale or dark, without polygonal reticulation (unless strongly swollen). ANT III with 0-3 rhinaria, if with any then longest hairs less than 0.5 × BD III…..3
2Femora usually with a dark spot or patch near apices (Fig.51a). ABD TERG 2-3 with longest hair 26-56 μm, usually as long as or longer than ANT BD III. Subgenital plate with 2-13 hairs in addition to those on posterior margin…..Macrosiphum stellariae
Femora pale or only slightly dusky at apices. ABD TERG 2-3 with longest hair 21-37 μm, usually shorter than ANT BD III. Subgenital plate with 2(-4) hairs on anterior part…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
3Head not spiculose, with ANT tubercles undeveloped or weakly developed, or if well developed then having smooth, broadly divergent inner faces…..4
Head spiculose, with well-developed ANT tubercles, their inner faces scabrous and parallel or apically convergent…..12
4 ANT 5-segmented, bearing long hairs up to 4-5 × BD III…..Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale
ANT usually 6-segmented, with much shorter hairs…..5
5SIPH very small, flangeless, conical or barrel-shaped (e.g Fig. 51b), less than 0.3 × cauda…..6
SIPH more than 0.6 × cauda…..7
6ANT PT/BASE 2.4-3.6. Cauda triangular, much shorter than PT …..Brachycolus stellariae
ANT PT/BASE 1.2 –1.5. Cauda elongate, longer than PT …..Brachycolus brachysiphon*
7ABD TERG 1-5 each with 10-12 hairs (2 marginal, 1 pleural and 2-3 spinal pairs), which have capitate or spatulate apices and arise from rough wart-like tubercles (Fig.51c)…..Stellariopsis songini
ABD TERG 1-5 each usually with 6 hairs with blunt or pointed apices, not on tubercles …..8
8ABD TERG 1 and 7 without marginal tubercles (MTu). SIPH pale…..9
ABD TERG 1 and 7 with MTu. SIPH pale or dark…..11
9Cauda helmet-shaped, not longer than its basal width, with 4-6 hairs. SIPH conical, with a subapical annular incision. Spiracular apertures large and rounded. ANT III without rhinaria…..Brachycaudus helichrysi
Cauda tongue-shaped, much longer than its basal width, with 7-13 hairs. SIPH tubular, without a subapical annular incision. Spiracular apertures reniform. ANT III usually with 1-3 rhinaria…..10
10SIPH 0.15-0.20 × BL and 0.8-1.4 × cauda. ANT PT/BASE 1.8-3.0…..Acyrthosiphon auctum
SIPH 0.23-0.33 × BL and 1.5-2.5 × cauda. ANT PT/BASE 3.0-4.4 …..Acyrthosiphon ilka
11ABD TERG 2-4 or 2-5 as well as 1 and 7 with large flat MTu. SIPH black, 2.1-3.5 × cauda…..Aphis sambuci
ABD TERG 2-4 without MTu, or occasionally with small papilliform MTu. SIPH pale or dark, 0.7-2.5 × cauda…..polyphagous Aphis spp.; go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 24
12SIPH gradually tapering from base to apex…..13
SIPH with slight, moderate or marked swelling of distal part…..15
13ANT PT/BASE 1.7-2.8. ANT III without rhinaria. Dorsal abdomen with a pattern of dark intersegmental spots…..Myzus ornatus
ANT PT/BASE 4.0-5.5. ANT III usually with 1-3 smll rhinaria near base. Dorsal abdomen pale or with more extensive dark markings…..14
14Dorsum with extensive dark markings, including an approximately U-shaped abdominal patch…..Neomyzus circumflexus
Dorsum without dark markings…..Aulacorthum solani
15SIPH black and very strongly swollen on distal half, with polygonal reticulation distal to swelling. Dorsum with an extensive dark sclerite …..Rhopalosiphoninus latysiphon
SIPH pale or dusky and only slightly to moderately swollen, without any distal polygonal reticulation. Dorsum without dark sclerotisation…..16
16SIPH 0.82-1.34 × ANT III…..17
SIPH 0.54-0.81 × ANT III…..19
17ANT tubercles themselves rather low, but with scabrous processes extending forward from ANT bases. SIPH weakly swollen subapically (over about distal 0.25). Dorsum with an evident reticulate pattern…..Abstrusomyzus phloxae
ANT tubercles broadly rounded, without forwardly-directed processes. SIPH slightly to moderately swollen over about distal 0.5. Dorsum without a reticulate pattern …..18
18R IV+V in most specimens with only one pair of lateral accessory hairs (plus 0-3 ventral accessory hairs). Value of function CAUDA/(ANT III × PT) in range 0.80-1.52, but rarely more than 1.25 except in small specimens (those with ANT III less than 0.32 mm)…..Myzus persicae
R IV+V in most specimens with two pairs of lateral accessory hairs. Value of function CAUDA/(ANT III × PT) in range 1.2-2.7 (rarely less than 1.25) …..Myzus certus
19SIPH with a narrow basal stem, its narrowest part thinner than, or as thin as, hind tibia at midlength. R IV+V 1.4-1.6 × HT II, with 7-15 accessory hairs …..Myzus ascalonicus
SIPH thicker on basal half, its narrowest part thicker than hind tibia at midlength. R IV+V 0.9-1.6 × HT II, with 2-8 accessory hairs…..20
20R IV+V 0.9-1.05 × HT II. SIPH c.1.8 × the tongue-shaped cauda …..Myzus titscheki
R IV+V 1.2-1.6 × HT II. SIPH more than 2 × the triangular (tapering) cauda …..21
21ANT PT/BASE 2.5-3.3. SIPH very coarsely imbricated on swollen part. Dorsal cuticle very rugose…..Myzus cymbalariae
ANT PT/BASE 3.5-4.8 SIPH smooth or normally imbricated on swollen part. Dorsal cuticle not rugose…..22
22ANT PT/BASE 4.3-4.8. (Al. with wing-veins not dark-bordered, with a solid black patch on ABD TERG 3-4, fused across tergites and constricted in midline, and with secondary rhinaria distributed III 39-52, IV 29-31, V 6-11)…..Myzus stellariae
ANT PT/BASE 3.5-4.3. (Al. with wing-veins black-bordered, with broad dark cross-bands on ABD TERG 2-5 only partially fused between tergites, and with secondary rhinaria distributed III 12-47, IV 0-13, V 0-2) …..Noetoxoptera oliveri (or sungkangensis*?)
Stellera Thymelaeaceae
Stellera chamaejasme Aphis brachychaeta
StemmacanthaAsteraceae
Stemmacantha carthamoides Aphis fabae; Aulacorthum solani; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae;
Neomyzus circumflexus; Uroleucon gobonis
S. unifloraUroleucon mongolicum

See under Rhaponticum for combined key to apterae on Rhaponticum and Stemmacantha.

Stenactis see ErigeronAsteraceae
StenosiphoniumAcanthaceae
Stenosiphonium parviflorum Aphis gossypii; [Hysteroneura setariae]
S. russelianumAphis gossypii
StenostomumRubiaceae
Stenostomum lucidum Aphis gossypii
StenotaphrumPoaceae
Stenotaphrum dimidiatum Geoica lucifuga; Hysteroneura setariae;
Sitobion africanum
S. secundatumHysteroneura setariae; Sipha flava
Use key to apterae of grass-feeding aphids under Digitaria.
StephanandraRosaceae
Stephanandra incisa Aphis odinae
S. tanakaePseudomegoura magnoliae

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

StephaniaMenispermaceae
Stephania abyssinica Aphis fabae, gossypii; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
[Sitobion sp. (Millar 1994)]
S. forsteri = S. japonica var. timoriensis
S. japonica (incl. var. timoriensis) Aphis gossypii, odinae

Use key to polyphagus aphids.

Stephanomeria (including Ptilora)Asteraceae
Stephanomeria pauciflora Uroleucon bonitum
S. tenuifolia Uroleucon bonitum
Stephanomeria sp. [Uroleucon erigeronense]
StephanotisApocynaceae
Stephanotis floribunda Aphis nerii; Myzus persicae
Sterculia Sterculiaceae
Sterculia foetidaAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
Sterculia sp.Aphis odinae; [Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale]

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

Steris see LychnisCaryophyllaceae
SteviaAsteraceae
Stevia glandulosaHyperomyzus niger
S. salicifoliaUroleucon mexicanum
S. serrataUroleucon paucosensoriatum
S. subpubescensAphis solitaria; Hyperomyzus niger
Stevia sp.Ucrimyzus villalobosi; Uroleucon atsronomus

Key to apterae on Stevia:-

1 SIPH dark with distal reticulation consisting of numerous small polygonal cells …..2
SIPH pale or dark, without a distal zone of polygonal reticulation…..4
2 SIPH reticulated over distal 0.41-0.60 of length. Cauda with 7-14 hairs (usually less than 10). (R IV+V with 7-15 accessory hairs)…..Uroleucon mexicanum
SIPH reticulated on less than 0.4 of length. Cauda with more than 11 hairs …..3
3 R IV+V with 17-24 accessory hairs. ANT III with 10-30 rhinaria. Tibiae basally and distally dark contrasting with pale middle section. SIPH reticulated on more than 0.32 of length…..Uroleucon astronomus
R IV+V with 5-8 accessory hairs. ANT III with 4-16 rhinaria. Tibiae entirely pigmented, usually darkening progressively from base to apex. SIPH reticulated on less than 0.33 of length…..Uroleucon paucosensoriatum
4 SIPH tapering, pale with darker apices, cauda dark. Tergum mostly pale and membranous. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu)…..Aphis solitaria
SIPH clavate, pale or dark, cauda pale. Tergum either pale or with an extensive dark sclerotic shield. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without MTu…..5
5 Tergum with an extensive dark sclerotic shield. ANT III with 19-30 sec. rhinaria, IV with 0-18, V 0-5…..Hyperomyzus niger
Tergum mostly pale and membranous. ANT III with 1-20 rhinaria, IV and V with 0…..Ucrimyzus villalobosi
Stewartia see StuartiaTheaceae
StichorkisOrchidaceae
Stichorkis nugentiae Sitobion luteum
StigmaphyllonMalpighiaceae
Stigmaphyllon affine Aphis gossypii
S. sagraeanumAphis craccivora, gossypii, spiraecola
S. tomentosumAphis craccivora

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

StilbeStilbaceae
Stilbe spp.Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Stipa (including Achnatherum, Lasiagrostis) Poaceae
Stipa arabica Chaetosiphella longirostris
S. bromoidesSitobion avenae, fragariae
S. calamagrostisChaetosiphella stipae, stipae ssp. setosa; Sipha elegans
S. capensisForda formicaria; Melanaphis pyraria;
Paracletus cimiciformis; Rhopalosiphum maidis, padi;
Schizaphis graminum; Sipha maydis; Sitobion avenae
S. capillataAnoecia corni, stipae, [Anoecia sp. (Bozhko 1976a)];
Atheroides serrulatus;
Chaetosiphella massagetica, stipae, tschernavini;
Forda marginata, orientalis, pawlowae;
[Holmania chaetosiphon (al. vagrant)]; Sitobion avenae
S. comataDiuraphis tritici
S. confusaChaetosiphella stipae; Sitobion avenae
S. dasyphyllaChaetosiphella stipae
S. elegantissimaRhopalosiphum padi
S. giganteaChaetosiphella stipae
S. joannisChaetosiphella stipae
S. kirghisorumChaetosiphella massegetica, stipae; Forda marginata
S. lagascaeMetopolophium dirhodum
S. lessingianaForda orientalis, pawlowae; Geoica utricularia;
[Slavum lentiscoides]; Chaetosiphella stipae
S. leucotrichaSchizaphis graminum
S. orientalisChaetosiphella stipae
S. parvifloraForda formicaria
S. pennata (incl. ssp. eriocaulis) Chaetosiphella stipae; Sitobion avenae;
[Slavum lentiscoides]
S. retorta = S. capensis
S. sareptanaChaetosiphella stipae; Forda marginata;
[Slavum lentiscoides]
S. sibiricaChaetosiphella stipae; Forda marginata
S. speciosaHysteroneura setariae
S. splendensAtheroides karakumi; Chaetosiphella stipae;
Sipha elegans; Tetraneura africana
S. viridulaSchizaphis graminum
Stipa spp.Carolinaia rhois; [Dysaphis ubsanurensis]; Sipha maydis

Use key to apterae on grasses under Digitaria.

StipagrostisPoaceae
Stipagrostis pennata Sipha maydis
StipulariaRubiaceae
Stipularia africana Aphis gossypii
StirlingiaProteaceae
Stirlingia latifolia (?) Macrosiphum euphorbiae
StizolophusAsteraceae
Stizolophus balsamita Uroleucon jaceae
Stizolobium see MucunaFabaceae
StocksiaSapindaceae
Stocksia brahuicaBrachyunguis kaussarii
StoebeAsteraceae
Stoebe sp.Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
StomatanthesAsteraceae
Stomatanthes africanus Aphis spiraecola
Stranvaesia see PhotiniaRosaceae
StratiotesHydrocharitaceae
Stratiotes sp.Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
Straussiasee PsychotriaRubiaceae
StreblusMoraceae
Streblus elongatusTempinis Tree
Greenidea ficicola
Streblus sp. (shrub) [Greenideoida hannae]
StrelitziaStrelitziaceae
Strelitzia albaCerataphis lataniae, brasiliensis
S. augusta = S. alba
S. nicolaiAphis fabae; Cerataphis brasiliensis;
Rhopalosiphum padi
S. reginaeDysaphis tulipae; Rhopalosiphum musae;
Schizaphis rosazevedoi
Strelitzia sp.Pentalonia nigronervosa

Key to apterae on Strelitzia:-

1 Body dorso-ventrally flattened, almost circular, wholly sclerotic with a continuous crenulate margin of wax glands. Head with a pair of forwardly-directed horns. SIPH present as pores…..2
Body not dorso-ventrally flattened, without marginal wax glands or frontal horns. SIPH tubular…..3
2 Underside of head with at least one pair of thick, dagger-like hairs situated lateroventral to bases of frontal horns. Cauda with 5-7 mainly long hairs …..Cerataphis brasiliensis
Underside of head with only fine hairs. Cauda with 10-16 hairs of various sizes…..Cerataphis lataniae
3 SIPH and femora covered with irregular, transverse rows of spicules. ANT PT/BASE 5.8-8.1. (Alata with dark-bordered wing veins, with radius and costa fused for part of lengths to form a closed cell behind the pterostigma)…..Pentalonia nigronervosa
SIPH and femora smooth or imbricated, not markedly spiculose. ANT PT/BASE 1.4-5.8. (Alata with normal wing venation, veins not dark-bordered)…..4
4 Cauda helmet-shaped, a little shorter than its basal width. Spinal tubercles (STu) present on head and ABD TERG 8, or 7 and 8…..Dysaphis tulipae
Cauda tongue-shaped, longer than its basal width in dorsal view. STu absent …..5
5 SIPH short and thick (0.08-0.11 × BL, 2.9-3.3 × longer than their midlength diameter, and 1.2-1.5 × R IV+V), and strongly constricted subapically before the well-developed flange …..Rhopalosiphum musae
SIPH 0.12-0.17 × BL, 3.5-6.0 × their midlength diameter and (1.3-) 1.5-2.9 × R IV+V, with or without a subapical constriction…..6
6 Hairs on hind tibiae mostly shorter than diameter of hind tibia at midlength. SIPH cylindrical for most of length, with a smooth, constricted subapical region…..Rhopalosiphum padi
Many of hairs on hind tibia much longer than its midlength diameter. SIPH gradually tapering from base to flange, with no smooth subapical constriction…..7
7 Cauda pale, contrasting with black SIPH, and bearing 4-8 hairs. SIPH 1.7-2.5 × cauda…..Schizaphis rosazevedoi
Cauda dark like SIPH, and bearing 11-24 hairs. SIPH 0.8-1.6 × cauda …..Aphis fabae
StreptocarpusGesneriaceae
Streptocarpus rexii Aulacorthum solani
S. saxorumMyzus persicae
Streptocarpus spp. (and hybrids)[Idiopterus nephrelepidis]; [Micromyzodium filicium];
Myzus ornatus; Neomyzus circumflexus

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

StreptopusAsparagaceae
Streptopus amplexifolius [Ericaphis sp., coll. A.Jensen, Idaho; aphidtrek.org];
Macrosiphum insularis
StreptosolenSolanaceae
Streptosolen jamesonii Macrosiphum euphorbiae
StrigaOrobanchaceae
Striga hermonthica Aphis gossypii
Strobilanthes (including Goldfussia, Perilepta) Acanthaceae
Strobilanthes angustifrons Aphis gossypii
S. atropurpureusAphis craccivora, fabae, gossypii, nasturtii;
Nasonovia rostrata; Neomyzus strobilantheae;
[Tricaudatus polygoni]
S. dalhousieanusAphis gossypii; Micromyzodium strobilanthi;
Nasonovia rostrata
S. dyerianusAphis gossypii
S. glutinosusAphis gossypii
S. helictaAphis gossypii
S. isophyllusNeomyzus circumflexus
S. lactataMyzus ornatus
S. penstemonoides Aphis gossypii; Nasonovia rostrata;
[Tricaudatus polygoni]
Strobilanthes sp.Melanaphis strobilanthi; Myzus persicae

Key to apterae on Strobilanthes:-

1Spiracular pores on thorax very large and rounded, more than 4 × larger than those on abdomen. R IV+V 0.21-0.33 mm long, about 2 × HT II, and bearing 22-30 accessory hairs. Dorsal body hairs long with blunt or slightly expanded apices …..Nasonovia rostrata
Spiracular pores on thorax not distinctly larger than those on abdomen. R IV+V shorter, with fewer accessory hairs. Dorsal body hairs if long then pointed…..2
2Head not spiculose. ANT tubercles weakly developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu)…..3
Head spiculose. ANT tubercles variably developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without MTu …..4
3ANT PT/BASE 1.2-1.75. R IV+V c.1 6 × HT II. SIPH 0.8-1.0 × cauda, which bears 10-11 hairs…..Melanaphis strobilanthi*
Without that combination of characters…..go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 24
4SIPH slightly to moderately clavate…..5
SIPH tapering/cylindrical…..6
5 ANT III with 1-4 rhinaria near base. SIPH 3.0-3.5 × cauda, which bears 5 hairs. Dorsal abdomen with variably developed brownish sclerotisation …..Neomyzus strobilantheae*
ANT III without rhinaria. SIPH 1.9-2.5 × cauda, which bears 5-8 hairs. Dorsal abdomen unsclerotised…..Myzus persicae
6 ANT PT/BASE 5.5-6.8. Dorsal abdomen with extensive dark sclerotisation. Hairs on ABD TERG 1-5 longer than ANT BD III. ANT tubercles with broadly divergent, spiculose inner faces…..Micromyzodium strobilanthi
ANT PT/BASE 1.7-2.8. Dorsal abdomen with a pattern of dark intersegmental spots. Hairs on ABD TERG 1-5 minute, much shorter than ANT BD III. ANT tubercles with steep-sided, scabrous inner faces…..Myzus ornatus
StrongylodonFabaceae
Strongylodon macrobotrys Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
StrophanthusApocynaceae
Strophanthus divaricatus Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Aulacorthum solani;
Myzus persicae

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StruchiumAsteraceae
Struchium sparganophorum Aphis gossypii
Strychnos Loganaceae
Strychnos spinosa Aphis gossypii
S. pseudoquinaAphis gossypii
Stuartia Theaceae
Stuartia monadelpha Aleurodaphis stewartiae
S. sinensisMyzus persicae
Aptera (in leaf-roll gall) with ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5, reduced eyes, head fused with thorax, SIPH as sclerotic rings, and anal plate bilobed. Alata with antennae 5-segmented and bearing annular secondary rhinaria (III 25-29, IV 8-11, V 7-11)….. Aleurodaphis stewartiae
Without that combination of characters …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
StylochaetonAraceae
Stylochaeton sp.Aphis gossypii
StylosanthesFabaceae
Stylosanthes guianensis Aphis craccivora
StyphnolobiumFabaceae
Styphnolobium japonicum Aphis odinae
Styrax Styracaceae

The life cycles of many Hormaphidinae described from galls on Styrax are still unknown, although in recent years some have been elucidated. Most species were originally described in Astegopteryx, but as the secondary host forms have become known many have been transferred to other genera (Ceratovacuna, Pseudoregma, Tuberaphis), or synonymised with known species on secondary hosts (e.g. Astegopteryx styracicola= Ceratoglyphina bambusae). Some species have been shown to be monoecious on Styrax. At present generic concepts within the group are still rather hazy, but it seems likely that Astegopteryx, Ceratoglyphina, Ceratovacuna and Pseudoregma mostly alternate between Styrax and bamboos, and Tuberaphis mostly migrate to Loranthaceae.

The key which follows the host list below is somewhat tentative. Any identification should be checked against the description of the gall of the species given in the next section of the book.

Host List:-

Styrax benzoides[Cerataphis sp. near brasiliensis (Aoki & Kurosu
2010)]; Astegopteryx spinocephala; Pseudoregma carolinensis
S. benzoinAstegopteryx [basalis], lambersi, [malaccensis], [nipae],
pallida, styracophila;
Cerataphis brasiliensis; [Ceratoglyphina bambusae]
S. ferrugineusAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
S. formosanus[Ceratoglyphina bambusae, styracicola];
Ceratovacuna nekoashi, orientalis, oplismeni,
subtropicana;
Tuberaphis coreana
S. fraserensisCeratoglyphina bambusae
S. hookeri“gall of unknown aphid” – Mani 1973:194
S. japonicusSnowball Tree
Aphis aurantii, craccivora; [Astegopteryx styracophila];
Ceratovacuna japonica, nekoashi, oplismeni;
Tuberaphis owadai, takenouchii
S. obassiaAphis fabae; Ceratoglyphina bambusae;
Ceratovacuna nekoashi; Tuberaphis styraci
S. odoratissimus[Ktenopteryx eosocallis]
S. officinalisAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
S. paralleloneurus Cerataphis vandermeermohri; Ceratoglyphina roepkei;
Pseudoregma sundanica
S. serrulatus [Ceratovacuna sp. (Aoki & Kurosu 2010)]
S. serrulatus var. mollissimus = S. subpaniculatus
S. subdenticulatus = S. subpaniculatus
S. suberifoliusAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii;
Astegopteryx bambucifoliae, [basalis], [styracophila];
Cerataphis bambusifoliae, jamaritsu;
Ceratoglyphina [bambusae], styracicola;
Ceratovacuna nekoashi; [Parathoracaphis setigera];
Pseudoregma bambucicola, koshunensis
S. subpaniculatus Cerataphis vandermeermohri;
Tuberaphis leeuweni, sumatrana
S. tonkinensis[Ceratovacuna sp. (Aoki & Kurosu 2010)];
Tuberaphis owadai
Styrax spp.[Eutrichosiphum (Paratrichosiphum) sp.]

Tentative key to alatae of Hormaphidinae from galls on Styrax:-

Check characters for group: 5-segmented antennae with short PT and annular secondary rhinaria. Alatae from galls of Astegopteryx basalis, A. malaccensis and Ceratoglyphina bambusae have not yet been described (but see text under these names). The species of host plant and the form of the gall will of course help to confirm an identification.

Note: Aoki et al. (1998) provided keys to identify the galls and soldiers of five species of Cerataphidini on Styrax suberifolius in Taiwan.

1 ANT IV and V without secondary rhinaria (rarely IV with 1)…..2
Either ANT IV or ANT V, or both, usually with more than 1 secondary rhinarium …..6
2 R IV+V longer than ANT IV…..3
R IV+V shorter than ANT IV. (ANT III with 10-16 secondary rhinaria) …..4
3 ANT III with 0-14 secondary rhinaria. ANT IV more than 0.75 × ANT V (incl. PT)…..Cerataphis jamaritsu
ANT III with 17-25 secondary rhinaria. ANT IV less than 0.75 × ANT V…..Tuberaphis sumatrana
4 ANT IV more than 0.9 × ANT V (incl. PT). The 2 outer hairs on first segments of fore and mid-tarsi about 1.5 × longer than medial hairs…..Astegopteryx lambersi
ANT IV less than 0.75 × ANT V (incl. PT). The 2 outer hairs on first segments of fore and mid-tarsi very long and fine, about 2 × longer than medial hairs (e.g. fig. 111A) …..5
5Antennae with primary rhinaria broader than secondary ones. HT I with 4 hairs, as on fore and mid-tarsi. ABD TERG 8 slightly thickened and sclerotic. SIPH pores of embryos with dark sclerotic rims….. Tuberaphis coreana
Antennae with primary rhinaria narrow resembling secondary ones. HT I with 3 or 4 hairs. ABD TERG 8 not sclerotic. SIPH pores of embryos pale, unsclerotised and inconspicuous….. Cerataphis vandermeermohri
6 ANT III distinctly longer than (1.2-1.6 ×) IV+V (incl. PT) together…..7
ANT III shorter than, about equal to, or up to 1.15 × longer than, IV+V together …..13
7 ANT V with more than 11 secondary rhinaria…..Astegopteryx chinensis*
ANT V with 0-11 secondary rhinaria…..8
8 ANT III thicker than IV and bearing 25-39 closely-spaced secondary rhinaria (e.g. fig. 111B)…..9
ANT III similar in thickness to IV and bearing 13-25 secondary rhinaria …..10
9ANT III 1.5-1.6 × longer than IV+V (incl. PT) together. Secondary rhinaria distributed III 28-39, IV 3-6, V 0-2 (sexuparae)…..Tuberaphis leeuweni
ANT III 1.2-1.4 × longer than IV+V (incl. PT) together. Secondary rhinaria distributed III 25-30, IV 8-13, V 6-9 (emigrants)…..Cerataphis bambusifoliae
10Front of head with 32-50 minute (4-10 μm) spine-like hairs anterior to lateral ocelli …..11
Front of head with less than 20 hairs anterior to lateral ocelli, and these are more than 20 μm long…..12
11Secondary rhinaria distributed ANT III 18-25, IV 6-10, V 6-11 …..Astegopteryx pallida*
Secondary rhinaria distributed ANT III 13-19, IV 3-5, V 4-7…..Astegopteryx spinocephala*
12 ANT V with 0-4 secondary rhinaria, and with primary rhinarium extending across more than half width of segment (fig. 111C)…..Cerataphis brasiliensis
ANT V with 4-8 secondary rhinaria, and with a very small primary rhinarium extending across less than half width of segment (fig. 111D) …..Ceratoglyphina styracicola
13ANT IV with 0-3(-5) secondary rhinaria, and V with 0-4(-5). (Embryos without marginal wax glands)…..Tuberaphis owadai (sexupara)
ANT IV with more than 3 secondary rhinaria, and ANT V with 0-16. (Embryos often with marginal wax glands)…..14
14 ANT V usually without secondary rhinaria, rarely with 1-2 …..Tuberaphis takenouchii
ANT V with 3-16 secondary rhinaria…..15
15 ANT V with (8-)10-16 secondary rhinaria. SIPH with 0(-3) associated hairs…..Ceratovacuna nekoashi group (nekoashi, oplismeni, orientalis, subtropicana)
(see text under these names, and Aoki et al. 2013)
ANT V with 3-11 secondary rhinaria. SIPH with 2-7 associated hairs…..16
16 ABD TERG 7-8 distinctly sclerotized, thickened and dusky…..17
ABD TERG 7-8 not thickened, only sclerotized around hair bases if at all …..18
17Areas around SIPH pores distinctly sclerotised …..Pseudoregma carolinensis
Areas around SIPH pores not distinctly sclerotised…..Pseudoregmabambucicola, koshunensis, or sundanica (see text)
18 Hairs on ABD TERG 7-8 with small basal sclerites. (Secondary rhinaria distributed III 18-26, IV 7-10, V 6-9)…..Ceratoglyphina roepkei
Hairs on ABD TERG 7-8 without basal sclerites…..19
19 Head with small irregular pale dorsomedial areas. (Secondary rhinaria distributed III 18-20, IV 6-9, V 4-8)…..Astegopteryx bambucifoliae
Head without paler dorsomedial areas…..20
20ANT III clearly thicker and less than 1.3 × longer than ANT IV. (Secondary rhinaria distributed III 10-15, IV 7-11, V 4-7)…..Ceratovacuna japonica*
ANT III similar in thickness to and more than 1.6 × longer than ANT IV …..21
21 ANT PT distinctly longer than its basal width. Fore tibia much shorter than ANT III+IV+V (incl. PT). Secondary rhinaria distributed III 12-19, IV 5-10, V 3-9. (Embryos are sexuales without marginal wax glands)…..Tuberaphis styraci* (sexupara)
ANT PT only about as long as its basal width or shorter. Fore tibia almost as long as ANT III+IV+V together. Secondary rhinaria distributed III 17-25, IV 6-14, V 6-9. (Embryos with marginal wax glands) …..Astegopteryx styracophila (emigrant)
Suaeda (including Schaginia)Amaranthaceae
Suaeda aegyptiaca [Aphis sp. (Israel: Arava valley, immatures only)];
Brachyunguis harmalae
S. asphalticaBrachyunguis harmalae
S. baccata = S. aegyptiaca
S. californicaBrachyunguis cahuille (as tetrapteralis)
S. fruticosa Chaitaphis safavii, tenuicauda; Clypeoaphis suaedae
S. glauca [Brachyunguis suaedus]; Clypeoaphis suaedae
S. linifoliaAphis craccivora
S. maritimaAphis fabae, salsolae;
Clypeoaphis suaedae, suaedae ssp. suaedicola;
Smynthurodes betae
S. monoicaBrachyunguis harmalae
S. palaestinaBrachyunguis harmalae
S. physophoraAphis craccivora; Clypeoaphis suaedae
S. pruinosa = S. vermiculata
S. suffrutescensBrachyunguis cahuille (as tetrapteralis)
S. vermiculataClypeoaphis suaedae
Suaeda sp.Aphis sp. (Korea: BMNH collection, leg. W.H. Paik);
Hayhurstia atriplicis;
Xerobion sp. (Sinai: BMNH collection, leg. E.
Mescheloff)

Key to apterae on Suaeda:-

1 SIPH (if present) tubular and 0.8-2.5 × cauda; if 0.8-1.0 × cauda then both SIPH and cauda are entirely dark…..2
SIPH shorter than cauda; if tubular and more than 0.8 × cauda then pale, or only dark towards apices…..3
2 SIPH a little longer than the similarly dark cauda, which is finger-like, somewhat constricted in middle and rounded at apex, and bears 4-5 hairs. ANT PT/BASE 1.5-1.7 …..Aphis sp. (Korea; BMNH collection)
Without that combination of characters…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
3 Dorsal hairs with expanded, often furcate apices. Cauda long and thin, 4-5 × longer than its middle width…..4
Dorsal hairs blunt or pointed. Cauda less than 4 × its middle width…..5
4 ANT PT/BASE 1.4-1.9. SIPH 0.8-0.95 × cauda. Dorsal hairs with small pale tuberculate bases (Fig.36a)…..Chaitaphis tenuicauda
ANT PT/BASE 2.1-2.9. SIPH 0.6-0.75 × cauda. Dorsal hairs arising from large, rather rugose, hemispherical, often pigmented, tuberculate bases (Fig.36b) …..Chaitaphis safavii
5 SIPH black, volcano-shaped, much shorter than their basal diameters (e.g. Fig.36f). Cauda dusky and broadly rounded, about 0.5 × its basal width, with c.13 hairs …..Xerobion sp. (Sinai: BMNH collection)
SIPH barrel-shaped, or weakly tapering to apex, pale or dark. Cauda at least as long as its basal width, with 4-9(-12) hairs…..6
6 ANT PT/BASE 1.4-2.5. ANT, legs, SIPH and cauda all dark, or mainly dark…..Hayhurstia atriplicis
ANT PT/BASE 0.4-1.0. ANT, legs, SIPH and cauda pale…..7
7 SIPH tubular or barrel-shaped, much longer than their basal widths (Fig.36i). Cauda finger-like, more than 2 × its basal width. ANT PT/BASE 0.8-1.0. R IV+V with 4-6 accessory hairs. MTu absent, small or indistinct. Clypeus dark, globose (Fig. 36d)…..Clypeoaphis suaedae
SIPH not longer than their basal widths (Fig.36g, h). Cauda conical, less than 2 × its basal width. ANT PT/BASE 0.4-0.7. R IV+V with 2 accessory hairs. MTu present on prothorax and ABD TERG 1 and 7. Clypeus pale or dark, swollen or globose…..8
8 Clypeus strongly sclerotised, dark, globose. ABD TERG 8 with 2 hairs, the longest 15-25 μm long…..Brachyunguis cahuille
Clypeus pale, swollen but not globose. ABD TERG 8 with (2-) 3-4 hairs, the longest 28-36 μm long…..Brachyunguis harmalae
SuccisaDipsacaceae
Succisa pratensisAphis confusa, craccivora, fabae, succisae;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae, rosae, weberi

Key to apterae on Succisa:-

1 ANT tubercles undeveloped or weakly developed. ABD TERG 1 and 7 with marginal tubercles (MTu). SIPH without polygonal reticulation…..2
ANT tubercles well developed, with smooth, divergent inner faces. ABD TERG 1 and 7 without MTu. SIPH with a subapical zone of polygonal reticulation…..5
2 ANT hairs long, numerous, wavy and finely pointed, the longest 3-4 × BD III. ANT PT/BASE 4.4-6.0…..Aphis succisae
Longest ANT hairs 0.4-2.1 × BD III. ANT PT/BASE 1.3-3.5…..3
3 Dorsal abdomen with an extensive solid black sclerite centred on ABD TERG 4-5. Cauda black like SIPH and with 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 …..4
4 Femoral hairs all shorter than diameter of trochantro-femoral suture. Cauda pale, dusky or dark with 4-9 hairs…..Aphis confusa (or Aphis gossypii – see text)
Many femoral hairs long and fine-pointed, exceeding diameter of trochantro-femoral suture. Cauda black with 11-24 hairs…..Aphis fabae
5 Head, legs and SIPH mainly pale. ANT III with 1-10 rhinaria …..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Head, legs and SIPH mainly dark. ANT III with 5-35 rhinaria….6
6 Body spindle-shaped. SIPH thicker than hind tibiae at their respective midlengths, and 1.8-2.2 × head width across (and including) eyes …..Macrosiphum rosae
Body oval. SIPH about equal in thickness to hind tibiae at midlength, and 1.1-1.5 × head width across eyes…..Macrosiphum weberi
SuccisellaDipsacaceae
Succisella inflexaAulacorthum solani; Macrosiphum rosae

Use key to apterae on Scabiosa.

SutherlandiaFabaceae
Sutherlandia frutescens Acyrthosiphon pisum
SwainsonaFabaceae
Swainsona formosa Acyrthosiphon kondoi, pisum; Aphis gossypii;
Aulacorthum solani
S. salsula = Sphaerophysa salsula

Use key to apterae on Medicago.

SwertiaGentianaceae
Swertia eminiiMyzus ornatus
S. ibericaAphis fabae
S. perennisAphis fabae
Swertia sp.[Capitophorus elaeagni]

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

Swietenia Mahoganies Meliaceae

No aphids have been recorded from any plant species of this genus.

SwingleaRutaceae
Swinglea glutinosa Aphis spiraecola
SyagrusArecaceae
Syagrus botryophora Cerataphis brasiliensis
S. coronata Cerataphis brasiliensis
S. flexuosa Cerataphis brasiliensis
S. romanzoffianaCerataphis brasiliensis
SymphoriaCaprifoliaceae
Symphoria racemosa Amphicercidus pulverulens; Aphthargelia symphoricarpi;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Use key to apterae on Symphoricarpos.

SymphoricarposCaprifoliaceae
Symphoricarpos albus Amphicercidus flocculosus, pulverulens;
Aphis fabae, gossypii, spiraephaga;
Aphthargelia symphoricarpi; Aulacorthum solani;
Hyadaphis foeniculi; Macrosiphum euphorbiae, rosae;
[Phorodon humuli]; Rhopalomyzus lonicerae
S. albus var. pauciflorus Aphthargelia symphoricarpi
S. microphyllusAmphicercidus flocculosus
S. mollis[Aphthargelia sp. (Oregon; A. Jensen, aphidtrek.org)];
Cedoaphis incognita
S. occidentalisAmphicercidus pulverulens; Aphthargelia symphoricarpi;
Cedoaphis incognita
S. orbiculatus (incl. vulgaris) Amphicercidus pulverulens; Aphthargelia symphoricarpi;
Hyadaphis foeniculi; Macrosiphum rosae
S. oreophilusAphthargelia symphoricarpi
S. parishii = S. rotundifolius var. parishii
S. pauciflorus = S. albus var. pauciflorus
S. racemosus = Symphoria racemosa
S. rivularisRhopalomyzus lonicerae
S. rotundifolius var. parishii Aphthargelia symphoricarpi
S. symphoricarpos Aphthargelia symphoricarpi
S. vulgaris see S. orbiculatus
Symphoricarpos spp. [Aphthargelia rumbleboredomia (oviparae)];
[Artemisaphis artemisicola];
[Ericaphis harmstoni (al. only)];
Macrosiphum opportunisticum, ?schimmelum

Key to apterae on Symphoricarpos:-

1 SIPH with subapical reticulation (at least 4-5 rows of clearly-defined polygonal cells)…..2
SIPH without subapical polygonal reticulation…..5
2 ANT PT 2.4-4.2 × SIPH. Cauda 0.9-1.3 × ANT BASE VI. R IV+V 0.5-0.6 × HT II…..Macrosiphum schimmelum (but see text)
ANT PT 0.6-1.7 × SIPH. Cauda 2-4 × ANT BASE VI. R IV+V 0.8-1.2 × HT II …..3
3 Head and ANT I-II black. SIPH black. ANT III with 10-36 rhinaria …..Macrosiphum rosae
Head, ANT I-II and SIPH pale/dusky. ANT III with 1-10 rhinaria…..4
4Cauda with 6-9 hairs. ANT BASE VI 0.20-0.27 mm. Longest hairs on ANT III 10-24 μm, 0.4-0.7 × BD III. (Al. with paired pleural dark patches and large marginal and postsiphuncular sclerites) …..Macrosiphum opportunisticum
Cauda with 8-13 hairs. ANT BASE VI 0.14-0.20 mm. Longest hairs on ANT III 25-40 μm, 0.6-1.0 × BD III. (Al. without dark dorsal abdominal sclerites)…..Macrosiphum euphorbiae
5 ANT III or III-V with numerous small rhinaria along most of length of segment(s). Cauda short and rounded or helmet-shaped, not longer than its basal width in dorsal view …..6
ANT III-V without rhinaria or with only 1-3 rhinaria near base of III. Cauda tongue- or finger-shaped, or triangular, as long as or longer than its basal width in dorsal view …..8
6 Secondary rhinaria distributed ANT III 13-28, IV 8-18, V 1-8. Cauda with at least 20 long fine hairs. ABD TERG 1-7 with flat round marginal tubercles (MTu)…..Cedoaphis incognita
Secondary rhinaria distributed ANT III 8-c.50, IV 0-3, V 0. Cauda with fewer and shorter hairs. If MTu are present they are very small, papilliform and restricted to ABD TERG 2-5…..7
7 ANT III with c.50 secondary rhinaria and very long, about as long as IV+V together. SIPH about as long as HT II…..Amphicercidus pulverulens
ANT III 8-20 secondary rhinaria and distinctly shorter than IV+V together. SIPH about 2 × longer than HT II…..Amphicercidus flocculosus
8 Dorsal abdomen with extensive dark sclerotisation. SIPH black, 0.8-1.2 × the paler, triangular cauda. ABD TERG 1-5 with hemispherical MTu …..Aphthargelia symphoricarpi
Dorsal abdomen pale, or if with any dark sclerotisation then cauda is tongue- or finger-shaped and both SIPH and cauda are equally dark. MTu absent or present on ABD TERG 1-5…..9
9 SIPH swollen distally or in middle…..10
SIPH tapering or cylindrical…..11
10 SIPH 0.9-1.4 × cauda, which is rather long and finger-like. Prothorax with a dark trapezoid sclerite ventrally…..Hyadaphis foeniculi
SIPH 1.3-1.6 × cauda, which is rather short, tongue-shaped. Prothorax without a dark ventral sclerite …..Rhopalomyzus lonicerae (only oviparae recorded; see text)
11 Dorsal abdomen with variably developed dark sclerotisation on ABD TERG 1-6 as well as 7 and 8. Femora wholly dark. R IV+V 0.65-0.92 × HT II. Cauda with 7-17 hairs…..Aphis spiraephaga
Without that combination of characters …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
SymphyotrichumAsteraceae
S. cordifoliumUroleucon [ambrosiae], crepusisiphon, [luteolum], olivei
S. drummondii[Uroleucon rudbeckiae]
S. dumosumNeomyzus circumflexus; Prociphilus erigeronensis;
Protaphis middletonii group;
Uroleucon crepusisiphon, olivei, pseudambrosiae
S. ericoides (incl. multiflorus) Acuticauda asterensis; [Anoecia cornicola];
Aulacorthum solani; [Geoica squamosa];
Neomyzus circumflexus; Pemphigus bursarius;
Prociphilus erigeronensis; Protaphis middletonii;
Smynthurodes betae; Uroleucon paucosensoriatum
S. foliaceum Aulacorthum solani
S. laevi (incl. var. geyeri) Aphis coreopsidis; Prociphilus erigeronensis;
Uroleucon breviscriptum, crepusisiphon, katonkae,
paucosensoriatum, tenuitarsum
S. lanceolatum (incl. [Aphis oreaster Rafinesque (invalid name), see
paniculatus, Hottes 1931a: 66];
ramosissimus, simplex) Illinoia goldamaryae; Neomyzus circumflexus;
Myzus ornatus, persicae; Prociphilus erigeronensis;
Protaphis middletonii group; Uroleucon [ambrosiae], olivei, [luteolum]
S. lateriflorumProciphilus erigeronensis; Protaphis middletonii group;
Uroleucon crepusisiphon, gravicorne, paucosensoriatum,
[sonchi]
S. novae-angliaeAphis spiraecola; Illinoia goldamaryae;
[Macrosiphum pallens]; Myzus persicae;
Pemphigus bursarius; Prociphilus erigeronensis;
Protaphis middletonii group;
Uroleucon anomalae, astronomus, paucosensoriatum
S. novi-belgii (incl. var. elodes) Acuticauda asterensis; Aulacorthum solani;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae;
Prociphilus erigeronensis; Protaphis middletonii group;
Uroleucon breviscriptum, paucosensoriatum
S. patensProciphilus erigeronensis; Protaphis middletonii group;
Uroleucon crepusisiphon
S. pilosumUroleucon crepusisiphon, olivei, paucosensoriatum
S. prenanthoidesUroleucon pseudambrosiae
S. puniceumAulacorthum solani; Protaphis middletonii group;
Uroleucon crepusisiphon, macgillivrayae,
olivei, paucosensoriatum
S. pygmaeumAleurodaphis asteris
S. squamatumAphis gossypii; Myzus persicae; [Uroleucon nuble]
S. tenuifoliumAphis spiraecola
S. tradescantiiAphis craccivora; Myzus persicae; Uroleucon erigeronense
S. undulatum Uroleucon olivei, paucosensoriatum

Use key to apterae on Aster.

SymphytumBoraginaceae
Symphytum asperum Brachycaudus cardui; Macrosiphum symphyti;
Ovatomyzus boraginacearum
S. caucasicumOvatomyzus boraginacearum
S. officinaleAphis fabae, [frangulae], gossypii, symphyti;
(incl. ssp. bohemicum) Aulacorthum solani;
Brachycaudus cardui, helichrysi, mordvilkoi;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus ascalonicus, ornatus;
Ovatomyzus boraginacearum
S. orientaleAulacorthum solani; Ovatomyzus boraginacearum
S. ottomanumAphis symphyti
S. peregrinumOvatomyzus boraginacearum
S. popovii Brachycaudus cardui, helichrysi
S. tauricumBrachycaudus cardui
S. tuberosum = S. popovii
S. × uplandicumAulacorthum solani; Brachycaudus cardui;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae;
Ovatomyzus boraginacearum
Symphytum sp.Brachycaudus virgatus; Myzus antirrhinii

Use key to apterae on Anchusa, which covers all these species.

Symphyzicarpussee Heterostemma Apocynaceae
Symplocos Symplocaceae
Symplocos chinensis = S. paniculata
S. cochinchinensis var. laurina Aphis aurantii, gossypii, odinae; Greenidea symplocosis;
Sinomegoura citricola
S. crataegoides (= S. paniculata?) Aphis aurantii, spiraecola; Brachycaudus helichrysi;
Greenidea symplocosis; Neomyzus circumflexus;
[Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale];
Sinomegoura citricola, [rhododendri]
S. laurina = S.cochinchinensis var. laurina
S. lucidaGreenidea anonae
S. paniculataAphis nerii, Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii
S. sessilifoliaAphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Sinomegoura symplocois
S. spicata = S.cochinchinensis var. laurina
S. thisifolia (error for theifolia?)Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii; Greenidea anonae
Symplocos sp.[Micromyzus sp. (Basu, Ghosh & Raychaudhuri 1970)];
[Tinocalloides montanus]

Key to apterae on Symplocos:-

1 SIPH with numerous long hairs…..2
SIPH without hairs…..3
2 SIPH long and pale, c. 0.6-0.75 × BL…..Greenidea symplocosis
SIPH black, curved outwards distally, 0.18-0.25 × BL…..Greenidea anonae
3 Cauda long, pointed and black, with 6-17 hairs. SIPH paler than cauda at least on basal half, darker towards apex, 0.8-1.1 × cauda. Antennal tubercles well developed, smooth, divergent. Hairs on ANT III less than half basal diameter of segment…..4
Without that combination of characters …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
4SIPH with distal half dark, 0.8-1.0 × cauda which bears 10-19 hairs. (Alata with 13-21 secondary rhinaria on ANT III)…..Sinomegoura citricola
SIPH only dark towards apex, about 1.1 × cauda which bears 6-9 hairs. (Alata with 25-30 secondary rhinaria on ANT III)…..Sinomegoura symplocois
Syncarpia Turpentines Myrtaceae
Syncarpia glomulifera Aphis gossypii
S. hillii[Aphis sp.]
S. laurifolia = S. glomulifera
SynedrellaAsteraceae
Synedrella nodiflora Aphis gossypii, spiraecola; Geopemphigus floccosus;
[Tetraneura nigriabdominalis]; Uroleucon ambrosiae

Key to apterae on Synedrella:-

ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5. SIPH absent. Groups of wax glands present dorsally on head, thorax and abdomen…..Geopemphigus floccosus
ANT PT/BASE more than 1. SIPH tubular. No discrete groups of dorsal wax glands …..go to key to polyphagous aphids
SynedrellaAsteraceae
Synedrella nodiflora Aphis gossypii
SyneilesisAsteraceae
Syneilesis palmata Brachycaudus helichrysi
SyngoniumAraceae
Syngonium podophyllum Aphis gossypii
Syngonium sp.Aulacorthum solani

Use key to polyphagous aphids.

SynnemaAcanthaceae
Synnema triflorum Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
Synosma Asteraceae
Synosma suaveolens = Hasteola suaveolens
Syntherisma see DigitariaPoaceae
SynurusAsteraceae
Synurus deltoidesAphis fabae, shaposhnikovi;
Capitophorus elaeagni, rostratus;
Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Uroleucon giganteum, gobonis
S. excelsusUroleucon giganteum
S. palmatopinnatifidus = S. deltoides
S. pungens = S. deltoides

Key to apterae on Synurus:-

1 Dorsal body hairs with expanded apices, long and thick at least on head and ABD TERG 7-8, and arising from tuberculate bases…..2
Dorsal hairs not long and capitate nor arising from tuberculate bases…..3
2 R IV+V 2.6-3.7 × longer than HT II…..Capitophorus rostratus
R IV+V c.1.4-1.5 × longer than HT II…..Capitophorus elaeagni
3 SIPH with a distal zone of polygonal reticulation. ANT III with numerous rhinaria usually extending into distal half. SIPH and cauda both dark…..4
SIPH without any distinct zone of polygonal reticulation, or if with then SIPH and cauda not dark. ANT III without rhinaria or with a few on basal half……5
4 Cauda with more than 40 hairs. R IV+V 1.65-1.8 × HT II. Tibiae black…..Uroleucon giganteum
Cauda with 13-20 hairs. R IV+V 1.1-1.3 × HT II. Tibiae pale in middle …..Uroleucon gobonis (or compositae?)
5 ANT PT/BASE 1.5-2.0. MTu present and well-developed on ABD TERG 2-4 (-5) as well as 1 and 7. R IV+V 1.5-1.8 × HT II……Aphis shaposhnikovi
Without that combination of characters…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
SyreniaBrassicaceae
Syrenia angustifolia = S. cana
S. canaSmiela syreniae
S. sessilifloraSmiela syreniae
S. siliculosa = Erysimum siliculosum

(or try key to apterae on Erysimum)

SyringaOleaceae
Syringa amurensis = S. reticulata ssp. amurensis
S. emodiAulacorthum syringae; Prociphilus oriens
S. japonica = S. reticulata
S. josikaeaAulacorthum syringae
S. ×persicaAphis craccivora
S. reticulata Aulacorthum syringae; Prociphilus oriens
S. reticulata ssp. amurensis Aulacorthum syringae;
[Macrosiphum malvicola Matsumura (nomen dubium)];
Prociphilus oriens
S. reticulata var. mandshurica = S. reticulata ssp. amurensis
S. sweginzowiiAulacorthum syringae
S. vulgarisLilac
[Aphis sambuci]; Aulacorthum syringae;
Myzus persicae;
Prociphilus americanus, bumeliae, oriens;
[Rhopalosiphum padi (fundatrices)]
S. wolfiiAulacorthum syringae
Syringa spp.[Anoecia fulviabdominalis]; Aphis gossypii

Key to apterae on Syringa (except couplets 1-3 which can be applied to alatae):-

1 Wax pore plates present. ANT PT/BASE less than 0.5. (Spring colonies of fundatrices with all progeny alate)…..2
No discrete wax glands. ANT PT/BASE more than 1…..4
2 Al. (progeny of fundatrix) with at least 4 sec. rhin. on ANT V …..Prociphilus oriens
Al. (progeny of fundatrix) with 0-2 sec. rhin. on ANT V…..3
3 ANT III more than 5 × ANT II, as long as or longer than ANT IV+V together. Head with a pair of large posterior wax pore plates, conspicuous as clearly delimited pale areas…..Prociphilus bumeliae
ANT III less than 5 × ANT II, usually shorter than ANT IV+V together. Head without or with only small or ill-defined wax pore plates, not forming clearly delimited pale areas…..Prociphilus americanus
4 ANT III-VI dark, with PT/BASE more than 5. Tibiae wholly dark, femora contrastingly pale except apices. SIPH dark, tapering, with a well-developed flange. Cauda pale…..Aulacorthum syringae
Without that combination of characters…..go to key to polyphagous aphids
SyrmatiumFabaceae
Syrmatium glabrum Acyrthosiphon kondoi
Syzygium Myrtaceae
Syzygium antisepticum Greenidea maculata; Mollitrichosiphum syzygii
S. aqueumAphis aurantii, gossypii; Greenidea (Trichosiphum) psidii
S. aromaticumCloves
Greenidea (Trichosiphum) psidii; Prociphilus gambosae;
[Rhopalosiphoninus deutzifoliae, tiliae]
S. buxifoliumTaiwanaphis decaspermi
S. cuminiGreenidea (Trichosiphum) [anonae], bucktonis, heeri
S. hancei Taiwanaphis decaspermi
S. heyneanum =S. salicifolium
S. jambosAphis aurantii, spiraecola;
Greenidea (Trichosiphum) heeri
S. lineatumGreenidea (Trichosiphum) heeri;
Taiwanaphis atuberculata
S. pycnanthumSinomegoura citricola
S. racemosumGreenidea (Trichosiphum) heeri;
Taiwanaphis montanicola
S. salicifolium [Chaitophorus eugeniae]
S. syzygioidesGreenidea (Trichosiphum) heeri;
Taiwanaphis pseudocaudata
S. zeylanicum Greenidea (Trichosiphum) eugeniae, heeri
Syzygium spp.Taiwanaphis atrovirens

Key to aphids on Eugenia and Syzygium:-

1 ANT PT/BASE less than 1.0. SIPH as raised pores or broad-based cones, or absent …..2
ANT PT/BASE more than 1.0. SIPH tubular…..8
2 SIPH absent. Head, thorax and abdomen of aptera with large wax pore plates…..Prociphilus gambosae
SIPH present as raised pores or broad-based cones. Apterae (if present) without large wax pore plates…..3
3 Aptera with 3-faceted eyes and head fused with prothorax. Alata with numerous annular rhinaria on ANT III, IV and V, and forewing veins not heavily bordered…..Tuberaphis breviseta
Aptera (not known for most species) and 4th instar nymph have multi-faceted eyes and head free from prothorax. Alata with oval or transversely elongate secondary rhinaria confined to ANT III, and forewing veins heavily bordered with fuscous…..4
4 Alata with ANT III 2.1-2.9 × PT. Fourth instar nymph with an unpaired scabrous median process on ABD TERG 8, but without paired lateral processes (fig. 112A)…..Taiwanaphis pseudocaudata
Alata with ANT III 3.1-7.0 × PT. Fourth instar nymph without a single median process on ABD TERG 8, with or without paired lateral processes…..5
5 BL of alata 2.0-2.1 × total length of antenna, which is 1.9-2.1 × head width across (and including) eyes. Fourth instar nymph (and aptera) without paired lateral processes…..Taiwanaphis atuberculata*
BL of alata 1.2-1.8 × total length of antenna, which is 2.2-3.2 × head width across eyes. Fourth instar nymph with or without paired lateral processes…..6
6 Alata with ANT PT/BASE 0.8-1.15. ANT III 3.1-3.8 × PT. Fourth instar nymph with paired lateral processes on ABD TERG 6-8 (plus a subdivided medial process on ABD TERG 8; fig. 112B)…..Taiwanaphis atrovirens*
Alata with ANT PT/BASE 0.4-0.7. ANT III 4.1-7.0× PT. Fourth instar nymph with or without paired lateral processes…..7
7 Alata with ANT III pale, and bearing 11-18 secondary rhinaria. Fourth instar nymph without paired lateral processes…..Taiwanaphis decaspermi
Alata with ANT III dark, bearing 19-41 secondary rhinaria. Fourth instar nymph with paired lateral processes (fig. 112C)…..Taiwanaphis montanicola
8 SIPH without hairs …..go to key to polyphagous aphids, starting at couplet 2
SIPH with numerous long hairs…..9
9 SIPH without any pale reticulation. Cauda without a median papilla. Hind tibiae with many (20-100) transverse (stridulatory?) ridges…..Mollitrichosiphum syzygii*
SIPH with pale reticulation of interconnected transverse striae, either basally or over most of length. Cauda with a median papilla. Hind tibiae without transverse ridges …..10
10SIPH reticulated over most of length. SIPH of aptera c.0.8× BL …..Greenidea maculata*
SIPH reticulated only on basal part. SIPH of aptera 0.20-0.33× BL…..11
11R IV+V 1.8-2.4 × HT II…..12
R IV+V 1.2-1.75 × HT II…..13
12ANT PT subequal to or slightly shorter than ANT III, less than 2× longer than R IV+V…..Greenidea (Trichosiphum) bucktonis
ANT PT longer than ANT III, and more than 2× longer than R IV+V…..Greenidea (Trichosiphum) psidii
13ANT III more than 2× longer than ANT V. Dorsal abdomen with some spinules in central area…..Greenidea (Trichosiphum) eugeniae
ANT III less than 2× longer than ANT V. Dorsal abdomen without spinules…..Greenidea (Trichosiphum) heeri