Aphidomorpha[1] is an infraorder within the insect order Sternorrhyncha which includes the aphids and their allies in the superfamilies Adelgoidea, Phylloxeroidea and Aphidoidea. This group also includes numerous fossil taxa of uncertain placement, such as these other superfamilies Triassoaphidoidea, Genaphidoidea, Palaeoaphidoidea, and Tajmyraphidoidea.[2]
Quick facts Scientific classification, Superfamilies ...
| Aphidomorpha |
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| Unidentified Aphidomorpha in Baltic amber |
Scientific classification  |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Hemiptera |
| Suborder: |
Sternorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: |
Aphidomorpha
Heslop-Harrison, 1952 |
| Superfamilies |
- Adelgoidea
Schouteden, 1909
- Aphidoidea
Latreille, 1802
- †Genaphidoidea
Handlirsch, 1908
- †Lutevanaphidoidea
Szwedo, Lapeyrie & Nel, 2014
- †Naibioidea
Shcherbakov, 2007
- †Palaeoaphidoidea
Richards, 1966
- Phylloxeroidea
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1854
- †Tajmyraphidoidea
Kononova, 1975
- †Triassoaphidoidea
Heie, 1999
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The treatment of the members in the group varies and the following variant treatments of the extant families can be found in literature.[3]
| Aphidomorpha |
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Aphidoidea |
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Adelgoidea |
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Phylloxeroidea |
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| Aphidomorpha |
| Aphidoidea |
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Aphididae |
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Adelgidae |
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Phylloxeridae |
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| Aphidomorpha |
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Aphidoidea |
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| Phylloxeroidea |
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