Species Dysaphis (Dysaphis) lappae (Koch, 1854)
Thistle Root Aphid
- Aphis lappae Koch, C.L. 1854. Die Pflanzenläuse Aphiden, getreu nach dem leben abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg : J.L. Lotzbeck Vol. 2 37-73 pp. [50].
Type data:
Holotype apt. female (in original description), Germany.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian records from ANIC colln.
IBRA
ACT, 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
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Victoria
Neotropical Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. [ASTERACEAE] Variegated Thistle; Cynara cardunculus Kuntze [HYPOXIDACEAE]; Onopordum acanthium Linnaeus [ASTERACEAE]; Arctium spp. [ASTERACEAE]; Cirsium spp. [ASTERACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Cynara cardunculus, Silybum marianum, Onopordum acanthium in Australia; elsewhere also on Arctium spp., and Cirsium spp.
General 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] (included in Australian common names list)
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [93] (list one species-group synonym)
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] (Thistle Root Aphid)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |