Species Periphyllus californiensis (Shinji, 1917)
California Maple Aphid
- Thomasia californiensis Shinji, G.O. 1917. New Aphids from California (Hem., Hom.). Entomological News 28: 61-64 + 1 [61].
Type data:
Syntype(s) UCB al. and apt. vivip. female, California, USA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acer palmatum Thunb. [SAPINDACEAE] Japanese Maple; Acer spp. [SAPINDACEAE]; Aesculus spp. [SAPINDACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Acer palmatum in Australia; elsewhere on Acer spp. and Aesculum spp.
General References
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [524]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [166] (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] [147] (California Maple Aphid)