Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Heteropsylla spinulosa Muddiman, Hodkinson & Hollis, 1992

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Species Heteropsylla spinulosa Muddiman, Hodkinson & Hollis, 1992

  • Heteropsylla spinulosa Muddiman, S.B., Hodkinson, I.D. & Hollis, D. 1992. Legume-feeding psyllids of the genus Heteropsylla (Homoptera: Psylloidea). Bulletin of Entomological Research 82: 73-117 [93].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH ♂ (slide), Campinas, Brazil.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

West Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Brazil.

Introduced from Brazil.


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

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: free-living, sap-sucker (associated flora: Mimosa invisa Colla [MIMOSACEAE]).

 

General References

Willson, B.W. & Garcia, C.A. 1992. Host specificity and biology of Heteropsylla spinulosa [HOM.: PSYLLIDAE] introduced into Australia and Western Samoa for the biological control of Mimosa invisa. Entomophaga 37: 293-299 [293]