Species Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aphis abietina Walker, F. 1849. Descriptions of Aphides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 4: 41-48 [301].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH al. vivip. female, UK.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Doncaster, J.P. 1961. Francis Walker's Aphids. London : British Museum 165 pp. [13].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Picea spp. [PINACEAE]; Abies spp. [PINACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Picea sp. in TAS; elsewhere Abies spp. and Picea spp.

 

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]. [673]

Doncaster, J.P. 1961. Francis Walker's Aphids. London : British Museum 165 pp. [11]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [444]

 

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] (Spruce 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