Crypturaphis grassii Silvestri, 1935
(an aphid)

Interactions where Crypturaphis grassii is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
aptera Major aptera sucks sap of live leaf UK/IrelandRestricted Alnus cordata Italian Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Crypturaphis grassii (Sternorrhynchia: Aphididae): First records for Cornwall, Luker, S., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Crypturaphis grassii/Crypturaphis grassiian aphidaptera Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/Alnus cordataItalian alderliveleafSole
winged Rare winged sucks sap of live leaf UK/IrelandRestricted Alnus cordata Italian Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Crypturaphis grassii (Sternorrhynchia: Aphididae): First records for Cornwall, Luker, S., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Crypturaphis grassii/Crypturaphis grassiian aphidwinged Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/Alnus cordataItalian alderliveleafSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Luker, S., 2011Crypturaphis grassii (Sternorrhynchia: Aphididae): First records for CornwallBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 205-209, Plate 13.

Crypturaphis grassii (an aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Crypturaphis grassii (an aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrypturaphis grassii (an aphid)
SubfamilyCALAPHIDINAE (a subfamily of aphids)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crypturaphis grassii (an aphid)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Luker, S. 2011 Crypturaphis grassii (Sternorrhynchia: Aphididae): First records for Cornwall Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 205-209, Plate 13.

Crypturaphis grassii (an aphid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Crypturaphis grassii (an aphid):

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