Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Liosomaphis berberidis (Kaltenbach, 1843)

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Species Liosomaphis berberidis (Kaltenbach, 1843)

Barberry Aphid

  • Aphis berberidis Kaltenbach, J.H. 1843. Monographie der Familien der Pflanzenläuse (Phytophthires). Theil Die Blatt- und Erdläuse, (Aphidina et Hyponomeutes). Aachen : Roschütz'schen Buchhandlung (P.Fagot) Vol. 1 xliii 223 pp. [in German] [95].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) al. and apt. females (in original description), Germany.

 

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

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Berberis spp. [BERBERIDACEAE]; Mahonia spp. [BERBERIDACEAE]).

 

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 [292]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [452]

 

Common Name References

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