THE SIMPLIFICATION OF APHID TERMINOLOGY

A report is provided of a workshop at 4th International Symposium on A phids, where the decision was reached to recommend a major simplificat ion of the terms used in papers on aphid biology, in order to make aph id work more accessible. It was concluded that most of the specialist terms usually applied to aphid morphs anf life cycles could and should be avoided in papers that are intended to be of general interest to o ther biologists. Specific recommenadations are made for their replacem ent by terms that are simpler and more widely understood.