Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)

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Species Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)

Spruce Aphid

  • Aphis abietina Walker, F. 1849. Descriptions of Aphides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 4: 41-48 [301].
    Type data:
     Lectotype BMNH al. vivip. female, UK.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Doncaster, J.P. 1961. Francis Walker's Aphids. London : British Museum 165 pp. [13].

 

Distribution

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

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Picea spp. [PINACEAE]; Abies spp. [PINACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Picea sp. in TAS; elsewhere Abies spp. and Picea spp.

 

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] [673]

Doncaster, J.P. 1961. Francis Walker's Aphids. London : British Museum 165 pp. [11]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [444]

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Common Insect Names. Melbourne : CSIRO pp. 1-200 [147] (Spruce Aphid)