Adelgidae

The Adelgidae are a small family of the Hemiptera closely related to the aphids, and often included in the Aphidoidea with the Phylloxeridae or placed within the superfamily Phylloxeroidea as a sister of the Aphidoidea within the infraorder Aphidomorpha. The family is composed of species associated with pine, spruce, or other conifers, known respectively as "pine aphids" or "spruce aphids". This family includes the former family Chermesidae, or "Chermidae", the name of which was declared invalid by the ICZN in 1955. There is still considerable debate as to the number of genera within the famil

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Sacchiphantes is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Adelgidae.

Aphrastasia is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Adelgidae. The genus is monotypic, with the only species being Aphrastasia funitecta.

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