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Species Idiopterus nephrelepidis Davis, 1909

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Species Idiopterus nephrelepidis Davis, 1909

Maidenhair Fern Aphid

  • Idiopterus nephrelepidis Davis, J.J. 1909. Two new genera and species of Aphididae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2: 196-200 [199].
    Type data:
     Lectotype INHS ('lectotypic' slide, see Hottes, F.C. & Frison, T.H. 1931. The Plant Lice, or Aphiidae, of Illinois. III. Dept. Registr. Educ. Div. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 19: 121-447 (292)), USA, Chicago.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Hottes, F.C. & Frison, T.H. 1931. The Plant Lice, or Aphiidae, of Illinois. III. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey 19: 121-447.

 

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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Adiantum spp. [ADIANTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Adiantum spp. and other ferns.

 

General References

Cottier, W. 1953. Aphids of New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 106: i-xi 1-382 [235]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [449]

Hille Ris Lambers, D. 1949. Contributions to a monograph of the Aphididae of Europe. IV. Temminckia 8: 182-323 [218]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [102] (list one species-group synonym)

 

Common Name References

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