Species Aphalara tecta Maskell, 1898
- Aphalara tecta Maskell, W.M. 1898. On some Australian insects of the family Psyllidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 22: 4-11 [6] [probably a species of Glycaspis (Hollis, D., this work)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown lerps, larvae, ♂ ♀ (not traced) (see Deitz, L.L. & Tocker, M.F. 1980. W.M. Maskell's Homoptera: Species-group names and type-material. Psyllidae. DSIR Information Series 146: 55–56 [56]), VIC.Compiled from secondary source:
Hollis, D., this work.
Distribution
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: lerp-former, sap-sucker (associated flora: Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.Baker [MYRTACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
As E. stuartiana, now a junior synonym of E. bridgesiana.
General References
Froggatt, W.W. 1900. Australian Psyllidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 250-302 (+ 4) [279]
Hollis, D., this work (Maskell's figures of the adult suggest this species belongs in Glycaspis but the lerps figured more closely resemble those of Creiis or Spondyliaspis. It is possible that the lerps figured were not made by the larvae of the adult figured)
Tuthill, L.D. & Taylor, K.L. 1955. Australian genera of the Family Psyllidae (Hemiptera, Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 227-257 [254]