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Species Neotoxoptera oliveri (Essig, 1935)

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Species Neotoxoptera oliveri (Essig, 1935)

Marigold Aphid

  • Micromyzus oliveri Essig, E.O. 1935. California Aphididae. New cloudy-veined species. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 11: 156-162 [160].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) BMNH and UCB apt. and al. vivip. females (in original description), USA (Cal.).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian data from Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399–592 [465].


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, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

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

Distribution References

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Allium sp. [LILIACEAE]; Viola sp. [VIOLACEAE]; Stellaria sp. [CARYOPHYLLACEAE]; Plantago lanceolata Linnaeus [PLANTAGINACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Allium spp., Viola sp., Stellaria sp., Plantago lanceolata in Australia; elsewhere several other families.

 

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. [313]

Carver, M. 1980. Neotoxoptera Theobald and Pterocallis Passerini (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19: 139-142 [140]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [133] (list three species-group synonyms)

 

Common Name References

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