Species Hyperomyzus (Hyperomyzus) lactucae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sowthistle Aphid
- Aphis lactucae Linnaeus, C. 1758. II. Hemiptera. pp. 434-457 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [452].
Type data:
Status unknown, (no material left), not determined.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also Pacific.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Stony Plains (STP), 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
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth [ASTERACEAE] False Sowthistle; Ribes spp. [GROSSULARIACEAE]; Sonchus spp. [ASTERACEAE]; Embergeria megalocarpa (Hook.f.) Boulos [ASTERACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Sonchus spp., Reichardia tingitana, Embergeria megalocarpa in Australia; elsewhere alternates between Ribes and Sonchus.
General References
Cottier, W. 1953. Aphids of New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 106: i-xi 1-382 [256] (as H. carduellinus)
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [448]
Hille Ris Lambers, D. 1949. Contributions to a monograph of the Aphididae of Europe. IV. Temminckia 8: 182-323 [286]
Randles, J.W. & Carver, M. 1971. Epidemiology of Lettuce Necrotic Yellows Virus in South Australia. II. Distribution of virus, host plants, and vectors. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 22: 231-237 [231-237]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [101] (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] (Sowthistle Aphid)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |