Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Ovatus crataegarius (Walker, 1850)

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Species Ovatus crataegarius (Walker, 1850)

Mint Aphid

  • Aphis crataegaria Walker, F. 1850. Descriptions of Aphides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 6: 41-48 [46].
    Type data:
     Lectotype INM al. vivip. female, UK.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Doncaster, J.P. 1961. Francis Walker's Aphids. London : British Museum 165 pp. [51].

 

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, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), 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), 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
    • New South Wales
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Mentha sp. [LAMIACEAE]; Crataegus spp. [ROSACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Mentha sp. in Australia; elsewhere alternates between Crataegus and Mentha.

 

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. [314]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [469]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [135] (list four species-group synonyms)

 

Common Name References

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