Idiopterus nephrelepidis

Idiopterus nephrelepidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Aphidomorpha
Superfamily:	Aphidoidea
Family:	Aphididae
Subfamily:	Aphidinae
Tribe:	Macrosiphini
Genus:	Idiopterus
Species:	I. nephrelepidis
Binomial name
	Idiopterus nephrelepidis; Davis, 1909 r>

Idiopterus nephrelepidis, commonly known as the black fern aphid, is a species of aphid insect that feeds on various species of fern. It is the type species of the genus Idiopterus.^[1]

Likely to have originated in the neotropics, it has spread right across Europe, though is only found indoors in Central and Northern Europe,^[1] New Zealand,^[2] and North America.^[3]

Notes

1 2 Heie, Ole E. (1993). The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. V, Family Aphididae, Part 2 of Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae. BRILL. p. 83.
↑ Martin, N. A. (2017). "Black fern aphid - Idiopterus nephrelepidis". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
↑ Robinson, A. G. (1966). "Review of the Fern Aphids in North America With Descriptions of a New Species and a New Genus". The Canadian Entomologist. 98 (12): 1252–59. doi:10.4039/Ent981252-12.

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[heie-1] 1 2 Heie, Ole E. (1993). The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. V, Family Aphididae, Part 2 of Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae. BRILL. p. 83.

[2] Martin, N. A. (2017). "Black fern aphid - Idiopterus nephrelepidis". Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[3] Robinson, A. G. (1966). "Review of the Fern Aphids in North America With Descriptions of a New Species and a New Genus". The Canadian Entomologist. 98 (12): 1252–59. doi:10.4039/Ent981252-12.