Species Aphis (Aphis) nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841
Oleander Aphid
- Aphis nerii Boyer De Fonscolombe, E.L.J.H. 1841. Description des pucerons qui se trouvent aux environs d'Aix. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 10: 157-198 [179-180].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown al. and apt. (in original description), France.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Also Pacific.
IBRA
NT, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton [APOCYNACEAE] Narrowleaf Cottonbush; Calotropis procera (Aiton) R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton [APOCYNACEAE] Rubber Tree; Nerium oleander Linnaeus [APOCYNACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Calotropis procera, Gomphorocarpus fruticosus and Nerium oleander in Australia; various Asclepiadaceae, Euphorbiaceae and others elsewhere.
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 [179-182]
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [482]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [43] (list 11 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] [146] (Oleander 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 |