Sternorrhyncha
| Sternorrhyncha Temporal range: | |
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| An aphid | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha André Marie Constant Duméril, 1806 |
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The Sternorrhyncha[1][2][3] suborder of the Hemiptera contains the aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects, groups which were traditionally included in the now-obsolete order "Homoptera". The name "Sternorrhyncha" refers to the rearward position of the mouthparts relative to the head.
Distributed worldwide, all members of this group are plant-feeders, many considered pests feeding on major crops and ornamental plants.
Many exhibit modified morphology and/or life cycles, including phenomena such as flightless morphs, parthenogenesis, sexual dimorphism, and eusociality.
Phylogeny
[edit]The phylogeny of the extant Sternorrhyncha, from a 2024 study using ultraconserved genetic elements, is shown in the cladogram:[4]
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The evolutionary position of several fossil taxa are unclear. A suggested phylogeny is:[5][6]
Groups
[edit]Well-known groups in the Sternorrhyncha include:
- aphids – (Aphididae)
- woolly and gall-making aphids (Eriosomatinae)
- pine and spruce aphids (Adelgidae)
- phylloxerans (Phylloxeridae, including the vine phylloxera)
- whiteflies – (Aleyrodidae)
- jumping plant lice (Psyllidae and allied families)
- Superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects)
- cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, and ground pearls (Margarodidae)
- armoured scales (Diaspididae)
- cochineal insects (Dactylopiidae)
- lac scales (Kerriidae, Lacciferidae, Tachardinidae)
- soft scales (Coccidae)
- pit scales (Asterolecaniidae)
- mealybugs (Pseudococcidae)
- felted scales (Eriococcidae)
References
[edit]- ↑ "ITIS standard report - Sternorrhyncha". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ Grimaldi & Engel (2005) Evolution of the Insects 289-303.
- ↑ Paraneoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
- ↑ Liu, Dajun; Cui, Jinyu; Liu, Yubo; Niu, Minmin; Wang, Fang; Zhao, Qing; Cai, Bo; Zhang, Hufang; Wei, Jiufeng (2024). "Ultraconserved elements from transcriptome and genome data provide insight into the phylogenomics of Sternorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera)". Cladistics. 40 (5): 496–509. doi:10.1111/cla.12585. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ↑ Drohojowska, Jowita; Szwedo, Jacek; Żyła, Dagmara; Huang, Di-Ying; Müller, Patrick (2020). "Fossils reshape the Sternorrhyncha evolutionary tree (Insecta, Hemiptera)". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 11390. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68220-x. PMC 7347605. PMID 32647332.
- ↑ Szwedo, Jacek (2016). "The unity, diversity and conformity of bugs (Hemiptera) through time". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 107 (2–3): 109–128. Bibcode:2016EESTR.107..109S. doi:10.1017/S175569101700038X. S2CID 134243346.
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