Species Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy, 1907)
Black Citrus Aphid
- Myzus citricidus Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. On some Peregrine Aphidae in Oahu [Hem.]. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 1: 99-102 [100].
Type data:
Syntype(s) al. and apt. females, Hawaii.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also Pacific.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Calodendrum capense Thunb. [RUTACEAE]; Citrus spp. [RUTACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Calodendron capense and Citrus spp. in Australia; elsewhere mainly Rutaceae.
General References
Carver, M. 1978. The Black Citrus Aphids, Toxoptera citricidus Kirkaldy) and T. aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 263-270
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [487]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [58] (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] [148] (Black Citrus Aphid)
History of changes
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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 |