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Species Neotoxoptera violae (Pergande, 1900)

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Species Neotoxoptera violae (Pergande, 1900)

Violet Aphid

  • Rhopalosiphum violae Pergande, T. 1900. A new species of plant-louse injurious to violets. Canadian Entomologist 32: 29-30 [29].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) USNM apt. and al. females (in original description), USA (DC).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Also, Pacific.


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: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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 Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Viola sp. [VIOLACEAE]).

 

General References

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 one species-group synonym)

 

Common Name References

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