Lachninae is a subfamily of the family

Aphididae The Aphididae are a very large insect family in the aphid superfamily ( Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. These insects suck the sap from plant leaves. Several thousand species are placed in this family, many of which are considered plant/crop ...

, containing some of the largest aphids, and they are sometimes referred to as "giant aphids".Lachninae at BugGuide
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cornicle The cornicle (or siphuncule) is one of a pair of small upright backward-pointing tubes found on the dorsal side of the 5th or 6th abdominal segments of aphids. They are sometimes mistaken for cerci. They are no more than pores in some species. ...

s compared to other aphids, and the group has sometimes been classified as a separate family.TOL: Aphids
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Genera

*'' Cinara'' Curtis, 1835 *'' Essigella'' Del Guercio, 1909 *'' Eulachnus'' Del Guercio, 1909 *'' Pseudessigella'' Hille Ris Lambers, 1966 *'' Schizolachnus'' Mordvilko, 1909 *'' Lachnus'' Burmeister, 1835 *'' Longistigma'' Wilson, 1909 *'' Maculolachnus'' *'' Neonippolachnus'' *'' Nippolachnus'' Matsumura, 1917 *'' Pterochloroides'' Mordvilko, 1914 *'' Pyrolachnus'' Basu & Hille Ris Lambers, 1968 *'' Sinolachnus'' Hille Ris Lambers, 1956 *'' Stomaphis'' Walker, 1870 *'' Tuberolachnus'' Mordvilko, 1909 *'' Eotrama'' Hille Ris Lambers, 1969 *'' Protrama'' Baker, 1920 *'' Trama'' von Heyden, 1837

References

Hemiptera subfamilies {{Aphididae-stub