Global InformationTuberolachnus salignus information
| Tuberolachnus salignus | |
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| Tuberolachnus salignus, showing dorsal tubercle | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Hemiptera
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| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha
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| Superfamily: | Aphidoidea
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| Family: | Aphididae
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| Genus: | Tuberolachnus
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| Species: | T. salignus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tuberolachnus salignus Gmelin, 1790
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Tuberolachnus salignus, or the giant willow aphid, is a species of aphid, in the genus Tuberolachnus. They are reputed to be the largest aphids, with a body length of up to 5.8mm.[1][2] First described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1790, it feeds on many species of willow (Salix species), and has one known host-specific parasite, Pauesia salignae.[2]
Tuberolachnus salignus does not require a male for reproduction. Only females have ever been recorded, which suggests that reproduction is parthenogenetic and all offspring produced are genetically identical clones.[3]
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