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Species Glycaspis (Glycaspis) fuscovena Moore, 1970

  • Glycaspis (Glycaspis) fuscovena Moore, K.M. 1970. Observations on some Australian forest insects. 23. A revision of the genus Glycaspis (Homoptera: Psyllidae) with descriptions of seventy-three new species. The Australian Zoologist 15: 248-342 [288].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC (slide), Gillenbah State Forest, NSW.

 

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

NSW, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • South Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: lerp-former, sap-sucker (associated flora: Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus leucoxylon F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus odorata Behr [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

On Eucalyptus camaldulensis in QLD, E. ?fasciculosa, E. leucoxylon and E. odorata in SA, also E. woollsiana or E. microcarpa in NSW and SA; ?round lerps.

 

General References

Moore, K.M. 1970. Observations on some Australian forest insects. 32. Further notes on Glycaspis spp. (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 48-49 [49]

Moore, K.M. 1983. New species and records of Glycaspis Taylor (Homoptera: Spondyliaspidae) with phyletic groupings. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 177-184 [179]

Morgan, F.D. 1984. Psylloidea of South Australia. Adelaide, South Australia : Government Printer 136 pp. [115]

White, T.C.R. 1972. The production of amylose in the faeces of psyllid larvae with special reference to the lerps of Cardiaspina densitexta. Journal of Insect Physiology 18: 2359-2367 [2364] (lerp analysis)