Species Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1761)

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Species Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1761)

Waterlily Aphid

Aphis nymphaeae Linneaus, C. 1761. Hemiptera. Aphis. Fauna Suecica 2: 258-262 [260].
Type data:
Status unknown, (not extant), locality unknown.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Also Pacific.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria
New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Polygonum hydropiper Linnaeus, 1753 [POLYGONACEAE] Water Pepper; Sagittaria sagittifolia Linnaeus [ALISMATACEAE]; Prunus spp. [ROSACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Sagittaria sagittifolia, Polygonum hydropiper and Nymphaceae in Australia; elsewhere alternating from Prunus spp. to a wide variety of waterplants.

General References

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids on the World's Crops. An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester : Wiley x, 466 pp. [333]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [495]

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [62] (list ten 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] [147] (Waterlily Aphid)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
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

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