Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Periphyllus testudinaceus (Fernie, 1852)

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Species Periphyllus testudinaceus (Fernie, 1852)

  • Phllyophora testudinacea Fernie, T.P. 1852. On a new insect, a parasite of sycamore. Naturalist. London 2: 265.
    Type data:
     Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (no further data traced), UK.

 

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

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acer spp. [ACERACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Host unknown in Australia; elsewhere Acer 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] [819]

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. [167] (list five species-group synonyms)