Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Aphididae (Aphids)
Aphis (Aphis) nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841
Oleanderblattlaus Oleander Aphid
Synonyms and other combinations:
Aphis calotropidis Del Guercio, 1916 | Aphis foveolata Del Guercio, 1916 | Aphis gomphoricarpi Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers, 1976 | Aphis gomphorocarpi van der Goot, 1912 | Aphis lutescens Monell, 1879 | Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841 | Aphis nigripes Theobald, 1914 | Aphis paolii Del Guercio, 1916 | Cerosipha (Cerosipha) nerii (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841) | Myzus asclepiadis Passerini, 1863 | Myzus nerii (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841) | Siphonophora leptadeniae Vuillet, J. & A. Vuillet, 1914 |
Classification:
Aphis nerii belongs to the subfamily Aphidinae.References, further reading, links:
- Favret C. (2016). AphidSF: Aphid Species File (version 5.0/5.0, Dec 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X