Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Pterocallis alni (De Geer, 1773)

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Species Pterocallis alni (De Geer, 1773)

  • Aphis alni De Geer, C. 1773. Second memoire. Des pucerons. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes. Stockholm : Hesselberg Vol. 3 pp. 19-129. [not seen].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, (not traced), not determined.

 

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

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. [BETULACEAE]; Alnus spp. [BETULACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Alnus glutinosus in Australia; elsewhere on Alnus 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] [855]

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

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [222] (list two species-group synonyms)