Species Aphis (Aphis) craccivora Koch, 1854

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aphis craccivora Koch, C.L. 1854. Die Pflanzenläuse Aphiden, getreu nach dem leben abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg : J.L. Lotzbeck Vol. 1–4 1-134 pp. [124].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) al. and apt. females (in original description), Germany.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Portulaca oleracea Linnaeus [PORTULACACEAE]; Tribulus sp. [ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]; Grevillea alpina Lindl. [PROTEACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Mainly on Leguminosae, but Australian specimens also recorded from Grevillea alpina and other species listed above.

 

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]. [559]

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids on the World's Crops. An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester : Wiley x, 466 pp. [227]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [480]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [33] (list 21 species-group synonyms)

 

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] (Cowpea Aphid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Nov-2019	APHIDIDAE	07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	APHIDIDAE	04-Oct-2019	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	Aphidinae	07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
		07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED