Aphidoidea form one of the most important group of phytophagous insects because of their polymorphism, host-alternating heteroceious behaviour, reproductive habits, and above all their role as largest group of insects vectors of plant-viruses. The Fauna of India and adjacent countries, in this group, constitutes about 16% of the world fauna, including a large number of endemic species and so far no consolidated account was available on this economically important group of insects. The present work, started in 1976, has been so planned as to be published in several parts. The present volume deals with an introductory chapter on Aphidoidea, leading to the subfamily Chaitophorinae, one of the smaller groups of the family Aphididaee.
Genus I Chaitophorus Koch
1. himalayensis (Das)
2. indicus Ghosh, Ghosh, Raychaudhuri
3. kapuri Hille Ris Lambers
4. salijaponicus niger Mordvilko
5. nigritus Hille Ris Lambers
6. pakistanicus Hille Ris Lambers
7. populeti (Panzer)
8. populialbae (Boyer de fonscolombe)
9. manaliensis Chakrabarti
10. Sp.
Genus II. Periphyllus Van Der Hoeven
11. aesculi Hille Ris Lambers
12. bengalensis Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
13. californiensis Shinji
14. himalayensis Chakrabarti
15. pusillus Quednau and Chakrabarty
16. vandenboschi HIlle Ris Lambers
17. villosi Chakrabarti
Genus III. Trichaitophorus Takahashi
18. aceris Takahashi
19. recurvispinosus Hille Ris Lambers and Basu
Genus IV. Sipha Passerini
20. sipha (Rungsia) maydis (Passerini)