Species Psyllopsis fraxini (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chermes fraxini Linnaeus, C. 1758. 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. [454].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (not traced), on Fraxinus excelsior [Sweden].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic Region.

Introduced from Western Europe (probably), also into New Zealand and North America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: leaf-edge gall inducer, sap-sucker (associated flora: Fraxinus sp. [OLEACEAE]).

 

General References

Hollis, D. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (new species record for Australia)

Löw, F. 1879. Zur Systematik der Psylloden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 28: 585-610 [589]

Taylor, K.L. & Carver, M. 1991. Superfamily Psylloidea. pp. 448-450 in Naumann, I.D. (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 542 pp. [449] (misidentified as Psyllopsis fraxinicola)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Nov-2022	PSYLLOIDEA Latreille, 1807	17-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
08-Dec-2014	PSYLLOIDEA Latreille, 1807	17-Oct-2021	MODIFIED
08-Dec-2014		15-Oct-2012	MOVED
17-Oct-2012		17-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		17-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		17-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
		17-Nov-2022	MODIFIED