Species Aloephagus myersi Essig, 1950

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• Aloephagus myersi Essig, E.O. 1950. A new genus and species of Aphididae on Aloe (Homoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 26: 22-24 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype UCB apt. vivip. female, USA [Cal.], West Los Angeles.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD (ANIC and BMNH records).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Aloe castanea Schönland [ALOACEAE]; Aloe spp. [ALOACEAE]).

 

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]. [220]

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [146] (Aloe Aphid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Oct-2022	APHIDIDAE	24-Oct-2022	MOVED
07-Nov-2019	APHIDIDAE	07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	APHIDIDAE	24-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		24-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
		24-Oct-2022	MODIFIED