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Species Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker, 1849)

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Species Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker, 1849)

Rose-grain Aphid

  • Aphis dirhoda Walker, F. 1849. VIII. — Descriptions of Aphides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 3: 43-53 [43].
    Type data:
     Lectotype BMNH apt. vivip. female, Southgate, UK.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Doncaster, J.P. 1961. Francis Walker's Aphids. London : British Museum 165 pp. [61].

 

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

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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 Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Hordeum vulgare Linnaeus [POACEAE]; Rosa spp. [ROSACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Hordeum vulgare, oats, wheat in Australia; elsewhere alternates between Rosa (mainly) and various Poaceae.

 

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. [299]

Carver, M. 1984. Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Homoptera: Aphididae) newly recorded from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 192 [192]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [427] (Acyrthosiphon (M.))

Mordvilko, A. 1919. Faune de la Russie. Insectes Hémiptères (Insecta Hemiptera) 1(2): 237-508 [272-291] (Acyrthosiphon (M.))

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [120] (list six species-group synonyms)

 

Common Name References

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