Ceratoglyphina bambusae

Ceratoglyphina bambusae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Ceratoglyphina
Species:
C. bambusae
Binomial name
Ceratoglyphina bambusae
van der Goot, 1917

Ceratoglyphina bambusae is an aphid in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. They are social, forming colonies of up to 200,000 individuals residing in a gall which, in the case of Styrax suberifolius, can be 10 cm long. There is a distinct warrior caste which defends the colony (and to some extent the tree as well) against other organisms.[1]

References

  1. ^ Moffett, Mark W. (September 1989). "Samurai Aphids - Survival Under Siege". National Geographic. 176 (3): 412–413.


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