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Species Smynthurodes betae Westwood, 1849

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Species Smynthurodes betae Westwood, 1849

Bean Root Aphid

  • Smynthurodes betae Westwood, J.O. 1849. Wingless subterranean plant lice. Gardeners Chronicle (London) 1849(27): 420.
    Type data:
     Status unknown, (not traced), UK, Hammersmith.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Virtually worldwide.


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, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria
  • New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Phaseolus sp. [FABACEAE]; Rumex sp. [POLYGONACEAE]; Portulaca sp. [PORTULACACEAE]; Pistacia spp. [ANACARDIACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Phaseolus, Rumex, Portulaca in Australia; in Mediterranean area anholocyclic on Pistacia and roots of numerous dicotyledons.

 

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. [347]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [548]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [242] (list eleven species-group synonyms)

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Common Insect Names. Melbourne : CSIRO pp. 1-200 [148] (Bean Root Aphid)