Species Pseudozaphanera papyrocarpae (Martin, 2001)

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• Zaphanera papyrocarpae Bailey, P.T., Martin, J.H., Noyes, J.S. & Austin, A.D. 2001. Taxonomy and biology of a new species of Zaphanera (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and its association with the widespread death of Western Myall trees, Acacia papyrocarpa, near Roxby Downs, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 125(2): 83-96 [84].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ puparium, Australia, South Australia, Billakilina Station [30 16'S 136 17'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 25 x puparia, 6 x 3rd nymph, 1 x 2nd nymph, Australia, South Australia, Roxby Downs vicinity; ANIC 9 x ♂, 16 x ♀ puparia slides (specimens also deposited in BMNH, USNM, WINC), same as holotype; BMNH 3 x ♂, 6 x ♀ puparia slides (specimens also deposited in WINC), Australia: South Australia, Roxby Downs township; BMNH 29 x pupae, 15 x 3rd nymph, 11 x 1st nymph slides (some specimens also in WINC), Australia: South Australia, Roxby Downs vicinity; BMNH 14 x puparia, 6 x 3rd nymph slide (specimens also in WINC), Australia: South Australia, Roxby Downs vicinity; BMNH 11 x adult ♂, 9 x adult ♀, Australia: South Australia, Roxby Downs vicinity; BMNH 1 x 3rd nymph, 37 x 2nd nymph, 5 x 1st nymph, Australia: South Australia, Roxby Downs township.

  Type host:

   Acacia papyrocarpa Bentham [MIMOSACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Pseudozaphanera papyrocarpae (Martin, 2001).

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia papyrocarpa Benth. [FABACEAE] Western Myall).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia papyrocarpa Benth. [FABACEAE] Western Myall).

History of changes