NOMEN: Gynaptera Laporte 1834: 7 [Castelnau Francis L. de Laporte. Etudes entomologigues ou de description d'insectes nouveaux, et observations. – Zoologische Beitrage, N.F., 1834, 20 (2): 177-211]
ORIGINAL SPELLING (Laporte 1834): Gynapteres (in French)
SUBSEQUENT SPELLING: should be Gynaptera, by analogy with other ordinal names used in the same publication – Isoptera as Isopteres, Hymenoptera as Hymenopteres, Strepsiptera as Strepsipteres, Neuroptera as Nevropteres, Dermaptera as Dermapteres, Coleoptera as Coleopteres, Hemiptera as Hemipteres, Homoptera as Homopteres, Aptera as Apteres, Siphonaptera as Siphonapteres, Diptera as Dipteres, Trichoptera as Trichopteres, Lepidoptera as Lepidopteres, and others.
ORIGINAL
MEMBERSHIP (Laporte 1834):
The taxon Gynaptera was established for insects named in French Pucerons;
formerly they were attributed to Homoptera, but are different from insects
attributed by
Laporte (1834) to Homoptera (which have type Cigale,
i.e. represent Cicada/fg = Auchenorrhyncha) and to Phauloptera (which have type
Cochenille, i.e. represent Coccus/fg =
Gallinsecta). The original description of Gynaptera, according to which
females are wingless, excludes Saltipedes (Psylla/fg) and Scytinelytra (Aleyrodes/fg),
which were traditionally mixed with Gynaptera.
JUNIOR
CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Gradipedes Amyot
& Serville 1843
= Clinohomoptera Crampton 1916
= Aphidioptera Krausse & Wolff 1919 (non Aphidoptera
Haeckel 1896)
TYPIFIED
NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Aphis/fg (sine Coccus; incl. Adelges)
TYPIFIED
NAMES IN USE: Aphis, Aphidiae, Aphidina, Aphites,
Aphidinae, Aphididae, Aphida, Aphisidi, Aphidoidea,
Aphididomorpha
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the oldest name of holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position of Gynaptera:
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Arthroidignatha (Cimex/f=Cicada/g) Plantisuga = Phytadelga (Aphis/fg) Aphidococca (Aphis/fg) Gynaptera (Aphis/fg) Gallinsecta (Coccus/fg) Psyllaleyroda (Psylla/fg) Saltipedes (Psylla/fg) Scytinelytra (Aleyrodes/fg) Hemelytrata (Cimex/f=Cicada/g) Auchenorrhyncha (Cicada/fg) Heteropteroidea (Cimex/f=Notonecta/g) Coleorrhyncha (Peloridium/fg) Heteroptera (Cimex/f=Notonecta/g) |
COMMENT. Most often, for this taxon is used one of the names derived from Aphis: Aphidiae, Aphidina, Aphites, Aphidinae, Aphididae, Aphida, Aphisidi, Aphidoidea, Aphididomorpha, et al.; the same names are sometimes used for one of higher taxa – either for Plantisuga, or for Aphidococca.