Species Essigella (Essigella) californica (Essig, 1909)
- Lachnus californica Essig, E.O. 1909. Aphididae of southern California, I. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 1: 1-10 [1].
Type data:
Lectotype UCB al. vivip. female (see Sorensen, J.T. 1994. A revision of the aphid genus Essigiella (Homoptera: Aphididae: Lachninae); its ecological associations with, and evolution on, Pinaceae hosts. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 70: 1–102 [53]), California, USA.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Pseudotsuga spp. [PINACEAE]; Pinus spp. [PINACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Pinus spp. in Australia (see Carver, M. & Kent, D.S. 2000. Essigiella californica (Essig) and Eulachnus thunbergii Wilson (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) on Pinus in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 39: 62-69 [63]); elsewhere Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.
General References
Carver, M. & Kent, D.S. 2000. Essigiella californica (Essig) and Eulachnus thunbergii Wilson (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) on Pinus in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 39: 62-69 [62]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [200] (list five species-group synonyms)
Sorensen, J.T. 1994. A revision of the aphid genus Essigiella (Homoptera: Aphididae: Lachninae); its ecological associations with, and evolution on, Pinaceae hosts. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 70: 1-102 [53]