Cryptomyzus ribis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Red Currant Blister Aphid)

Interactions where Cryptomyzus ribis 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
		sucks sap of leaf			Galeopsis	hemp-nettles	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Galeopsis/	Galeopsis	hemp-nettles			leaf				(summer)
		sucks sap of leaf			Galeopsis speciosa	Large-flowered Hemp-nettle	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Galeopsis speciosa/	Galeopsis speciosa	large-flowered hemp-nettle			leaf				(summer)
		sucks sap of leaf			Stachys	woundworts	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Stachys/	Stachys	woundworts			leaf				(summer)
(hypophyllous)		hypophyllous causes gall of blistered leaf			Ribes	currants and gooseberry	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid		hypophyllous			Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes/	Ribes	currants and gooseberry		blistered	leaf				(spring-summer, early autumn-)
(hypophyllous)		hypophyllous causes gall of yellow blister-galled leaf			Ribes nigrum	Blackcurrant, Black Currant	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid		hypophyllous			Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes nigrum/	Ribes nigrum	blackcurrant, black currant		yellow blister-galled	leaf				(spring-summer, early autumn-)
(hypophyllous)		hypophyllous causes gall of red blister-galled leaf			Ribes rubrum	Redcurrant, Red Currant	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964 Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid		hypophyllous			Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes rubrum/	Ribes rubrum	redcurrant, red currant		red blister-galled	leaf				(spring-summer, early autumn-)
(hypophyllous)		hypophyllous causes gall of red blister-galled leaf			Ribes rubrum cv	White Currant	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid		hypophyllous			Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes rubrum cv/	Ribes rubrum cv	white currant		red blister-galled	leaf				(spring-summer, early autumn-)
(hypophyllous)		hypophyllous causes gall of red blister-galled leaf			Ribes spicatum	Downy Currant	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid		hypophyllous			Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes spicatum/	Ribes spicatum	downy currant		red blister-galled	leaf				(spring-summer, early autumn-)
(hypophyllous)		hypophyllous causes gall of blister-galled leaf			Ribes uva-crispa	Gooseberry	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis/	Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis	red currant blister aphid		hypophyllous			Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes uva-crispa/	Ribes uva-crispa	gooseberry		blister-galled	leaf				(spring-summer, early autumn-)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Fjelddalen, J., 1964	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962	Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Rotheray, G.E., 1989	Aphid Predators	Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Cryptomyzus ribis (Red Currant Blister Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Cryptomyzus ribis (Red Currant Blister Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cryptomyzus ribis (Red Currant Blister Aphid)
Genus	Cryptomyzus (currant aphids)
Family	APHIDIDAE (greenfly)
Superfamily	APHIDOIDEA (aphids)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cryptomyzus ribis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptomyzus ribis (Red Currant Blister Aphid)

Cryptomyzus ribis (Red Currant Blister Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cryptomyzus ribis (Red Currant Blister Aphid):

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

STERNORRHYNCHA
(a suborder of bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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