Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner, 1897)

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Species Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner, 1897)

Sugarcane Aphid

  • Aphis sacchari Zehntner, L. 1897. Die plantenlüizen van het suikerret. Archief voor Suikerindustrie in Nederlandsch-Indie 5: 525-575 [551].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, (type data not traced), unknown.

 

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

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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland
  • Hawaii

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Saccharum officinarum Linnaeus [POACEAE]; Echinochloa spp. [POACEAE]; Oryza spp. [POACEAE]; Panicum spp. [POACEAE]; Pennisetum spp. [POACEAE]; Sorghum spp. [POACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Australian records only from sugarcane; elsewhere on other Poaceae including Echinochloa, Oryza, Panicum, Pennisetum and Sorghum.

 

General References

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids on the World's Crops. An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester : Wiley x, 466 pp. [297]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [491] (Longiunguis)

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [61] (list three species-group synonyms)

Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Superfamily Aphidoidea. Insects of Hawaii 5: 53-131 [86-89] (Aphis)

 

Common Name References

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