Chaitophorus niger Mordvilko
(a hairy aphid)

Interactions where Chaitophorus niger 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
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsliveleaf
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Salix alba White Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/Salix albawhite willowliveleaf
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Salix babylonica Weeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix babylonica/Salix babylonicaweeping willowliveleaf
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Salix cinerea x phylicifolia = S. x laurina laurel-leaved willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix cinerea x phylicifolia = S. x laurina/Salix cinerea x phylicifolia = S. x laurinalaurel-leaved willowliveleaf
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis hybrid crack-willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilis/Salix euxina x alba = S. x fragilishybrid crack-willowliveleaf
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Salix purpurea Purple Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleaf
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Salix triandra Almond Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix triandra/Salix triandraalmond willowliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & CallaphididaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Chaitophorus niger (a hairy aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chaitophorus niger (a hairy aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChaitophorus niger (a hairy aphid)
GenusChaitophorus (a genus of hairy aphids)
SubfamilyCHAITOPHORINAE (hairy 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)

Chaitophorus niger (a hairy aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chaitophorus niger (a hairy aphid):

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