Species Melanaphis bambusae (Fullaway, 1910)

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Species Melanaphis bambusae (Fullaway, 1910)

Bamboo Aphid

Aphis bambusae Fullaway, D.T. 1910. Synopsis of Hawaiian Aphidae. Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Research Station 1909: 20-46 [35].
Type data:
Lectotype BPBM (?)apt. vivip. female, Oahu.
Subsequent designation references:
Fullaway, D.T. in Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Superfamily Aphidoidea. Insects of Hawaii 5: 53-131 [74].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Also Pacific.

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

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales

Palaearctic Region

Egypt

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Arundinaria falcata Nees [POACEAE]; Pourthiaea villosa Decne [ROSACEAE]; Phyllostachys reticulata C.Koch [POACEAE]; Pleioblastus nezasa Muroi [POACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Arundinaria falcata (in NSW); alternates between Pourthiaea villosa Decne (Rosaceae) and Phyllostachys reticulata C.Koch and Pleioblastus nezasa Muroi (Poaceae) in Japan.

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]. [741]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [492]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [60] (list four species-group synonyms)

Sorin, M. 1962. The life history of Melanaphis bambusae (Fullaway), and the penetration of stylets into host plants. Kontyû 30: 221-229

Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Superfamily Aphidoidea. Insects of Hawaii 5: 53-131 [73] (Aphis)

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] (Bamboo Aphid)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
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

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