Species Sitobion luteum (Buckton, 1876)
Yellow Orchid Aphid
- Siphonophora lutea Buckton, G.B. 1876. Monograph of the British Aphides. London : Ray Society Vol. 1 193 pp. + 37 pls. [119].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH al. vivip. females, UK, Carshalton.Subsequent designation references:
Doncaster, J.P. 1973. G.B.Buckton's works on Aphidoidea (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 28: 25-109 [64].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
ACT and VIC records from BMNH collection.
IBRA
ACT, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Queensland
- Victoria
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
On Orchidaceae.
General References
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [458] (as Macrosiphum (S.)luteum)
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [145] (list two 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] [148] (Yellow Orchid Aphid)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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29-Jun-2012 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |