The composition of the aphid fauna of Fennoscandia and Denmark

A systematic, zoogeographical and ecological survey of the composition of the aphid faunas of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark is given. A total of 634 species have been recorded, most of them of western Palearctic origin. Some species have their borders of distribution here, in several cases dep...

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Published in:Entomologica Fennica
Main Author: Heie, Ole
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: This journal is published jointly by the Entomological Society of Finland, the Lepidopterological Society of Finland, the Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis and the Entomological Club of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Turku. 1995
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/view/83847
https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.83847
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Summary:A systematic, zoogeographical and ecological survey of the composition of the aphid faunas of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark is given. A total of 634 species have been recorded, most of them of western Palearctic origin. Some species have their borders of distribution here, in several cases depending on the distribution of host plants. Some of the species are boreo-alpine and some others have recently been introduced from other continents.