Species Geoica lucifuga (Zehntner, 1897)
Sugarcane Root Aphid
- Tetraneura lucifuga Zehntner, L. 1897. Tetraneura lucifuga in overzicht van die ziekten van het suikerriet op. Java. Archief voor Suikerindustrie in Nederlandsch-Indie 6: 555.
Type data:
Status unknown, (not traced), Java.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- New Zealand
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Saccharum officinarum Linnaeus [POACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Saccharum officinarum roots in Australia; elsewhere anholocyclic on roots of Poaceae and Cyperaceae.
General References
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [546]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [240] (list four 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] (Sugarcane Root Aphid)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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24-Oct-2022 | APHIDIDAE | 24-Oct-2022 | MOVED | |
07-Nov-2019 | APHIDIDAE | 07-Nov-2019 | MODIFIED | |
29-Mar-2018 | APHIDIDAE | 24-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
29-Jun-2012 | 24-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
24-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED |