Species Aloephagus myersi Essig, 1950

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• Aloephagus myersi Essig, E.O. 1950. A new genus and species of Aphididae on Aloe (Homoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 26: 22-24 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype UCB apt. vivip. female, USA [Cal.], West Los Angeles.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

QLD (ANIC and BMNH records).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Aloe castanea Schönland [ALOACEAE]; Aloe spp. [ALOACEAE]).

 

General References

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 1994. Aphids on the World's Trees. An Identification and Information Guide. Wallingford : CAB International viii, 987 pp., [16] [220]

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Common Insect Names. Melbourne : CSIRO pp. 1-200 [146] (Aloe Aphid)