Species Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aphis rosae 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].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Throughout most of the world, except eastern Asia, on roses.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Rosa spp. [ROSACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Rosa spp. in Australia; elsewhere alternates between Rosa spp. or, less frequently other Rosaceae, Onagraceae and Valerianaceae, and Dipsacaceae.

 

General References

Berlandier, F.A. 1997. Distribution of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in potato growing areas of southwestern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 365-375 [367]

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids on the World's Crops. An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester : Wiley x, 466 pp. [294]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [458]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [116] (list seven 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 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