Species Cerataphis lataniae (Boisduval, 1867)
Palm Aphid
- Coccus lataniae Boisduval, J.A. 1867. Essai sur l'entomologie horticole. Hémiptères. Paris 640 pp. [355].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (no further data), France (hot house).
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread on palms throughout the tropics.
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
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Latania sp. [ARECACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Latania sp. and other Aracaceae.
General References
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [533]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [181] (list one species-group synonym)
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] (Name also applied to Cerataphis variabilis Hille Ris Lambers) (Palm Aphid)