Species Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker, 1849)
Rose-grain Aphid
- Aphis dirhoda Walker, F. 1849. VIII. — Descriptions of Aphides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 3: 43-53 [43].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH apt. vivip. female, Southgate, UK.Subsequent designation references:
Doncaster, J.P. 1961. Francis Walker's Aphids. London : British Museum 165 pp. [61].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), 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
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Hordeum vulgare Linnaeus [POACEAE]; Rosa spp. [ROSACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Hordeum vulgare, oats, wheat in Australia; elsewhere alternates between Rosa (mainly) and various Poaceae.
General References
Carver, M. 1984. Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Homoptera: Aphididae) newly recorded from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 192 [192]
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [427] (Acyrthosiphon (M.))
Mordvilko, A. 1919. Faune de la Russie. Insectes Hémiptères (Insecta Hemiptera) 1(2): 237-508. [272-291] (Acyrthosiphon (M.))
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [120] (list six 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] [147] (Rose-grain Aphid)
History of changes
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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 |