Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Mycopsylla proxima Froggatt, 1901

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Species Mycopsylla proxima Froggatt, 1901

  • Mycopsylla proxima Froggatt, W.W. 1901. Australian Psyllidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 242-298 (+ 3) [261].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀, larvae (dry), Sydney Bot. Gardens, NSW; ASCT, Sydney Bot. Gardens, NSW.

 

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

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: sap-sucker (associated flora: Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent. [MORACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae under solidified plant exudate.

 

General References

Hollis, D. & Broomfield, P.S. 1989. Ficus-feeding psyllids (Homoptera), with special reference to the Homotomidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 58: 131-183 [149]

Taylor, K.L. 1976. Records of Psylla dodonaeae Tuthill (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Australia, with notes on its biology. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 347 [347] (biological note)