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Species Periphyllus californiensis (Shinji, 1917)

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Species Periphyllus californiensis (Shinji, 1917)

California Maple Aphid

  • Thomasia californiensis Shinji, G.O. 1917. New Aphids from California (Hem., Hom.). Entomological News 28: 61-64 + 1 [61].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) UCB al. and apt. vivip. female, California, USA.

 

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, SA, Tas: 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 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 Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acer palmatum Thunb [ACERACEAE]; Acer spp. [ACERACEAE]; Aesculus spp. [HIPPOCASTANACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Acer palmatum in Australia; elsewhere on Acer spp. and Aesculum spp.

 

General References

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 1994. Aphids on the World's Trees. An Identification and Information Guide. Wallingford : CAB International viii, 987 pp., [16] [815]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [524]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [166] (list one species-group synonym)

 

Common Name References

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