Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Cerataphis lataniae (Boisduval, 1867)

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Species Cerataphis lataniae (Boisduval, 1867)

Palm Aphid

  • Coccus lataniae Boisduval, J.A. 1867. Essai sur l'entomologie horticole. Hémiptères. Paris 640 pp. [355].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (no further data), France (hot house).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread on palms throughout the tropics.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Latania sp. [ARACACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Latania sp. and other Aracaceae.

 

General References

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids on the World's Crops. An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester : Wiley x, 466 pp. [255]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [533]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [181] (list one species-group synonym)

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Common Insect Names. Melbourne : CSIRO pp. 1-200 [146] (Name also applied to Cerataphis variabilis Hille Ris Lambers) (Palm Aphid)