Tamalia Explained

Tamalia is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Tamaliinae.^[1] There are eight described species in Tamalia.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Tamalia:

• Tamalia coweni (Cockerell, 1905) (manzanita leaf gall aphid) [Junior synonyms = ''[[Tamalia pallida]] Richards, 1967 and Tamalia tahoense Davidson, 1911))].
• Tamalia cruzensis Miller & Pike, 2023^[2]
• Tamalia dicksoni Remaudière & Stroyan, 1984
• Tamalia glaucensis Miller & Pike, 2023
• Tamalia inquilinus Miller, 2000
• Tamalia keltoni Richards, 1967
• Tamalia milleri Kanturski & Wieczorek, 2015
• Tamalia moranae Miller & Pike, 2023

Further reading

• Three new species of Tamalia (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Tamaliinae) associated with leaf galls on Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, and Comarostaphylis in North America. 2023. Miller . D. G.. Pike . K. S.. Foottit . R. G.. Maw . H. E. L.. The Canadian Entomologist. 155. 1. 583–610. 10.4039/tce.2022.41.
• Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico. 2006. Foottit . R. G.. Halbert . S. E.. Miller . G. L.. Maw . E.. Russell . L. M.. 4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 108. 3. 583–610. 0013-8797.
• An Update to the Adventive Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of America North of Mexico, with Notes on Intercepted Species. 2017. Skvarla . Michael J.. Halbert . Susan E.. Foottit . Robert G.. Jensen . Andrew S.. Maw . Eric. Miller . Gary L.. 4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119. 1. 90–111. 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.90. 91004743.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tamaliinae . Aphid Species File Version 5.0. 2014 . September 18, 2014.
2. Miller . D.G. . Pike . K.S. . Foottit . R.G. . Maw . H.E.L. . 2023 . Three new species of Tamalia (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Tamaliinae) associated with leaf galls on Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, and Comarostaphylis in North America . The Canadian Entomologist . en . 155 . 10.4039/tce.2022.41 . 0008-347X.