A checklist and host catalogue of the aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) held in the Australian National Insect Collection
Author
Brumley, Cameron
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-24
4728
4
575
600
journal article
24259
10.11646/zootaxa.4728.4.12
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1175-5326
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Genus
Reticulaphis
Takahashi
Reticulaphis distylii*
van der Goot
QLD
:
Ficus
sp. (
Moraceae
)
Reticulaphis inflata*
Yeh & Hsu
WA
:
Ficus benjamina
(Moraceae)
*,
Ficus
sp. (
Moraceae
)
Remarks
: The records for
Reticulaphis distylii
and
R
.
inflata
are the first published records for these species in
Australia
. These are both long-standing introductions, with the earliest
R
.
inflata
record collected in 1997, WA Dept of Ag, det: C. Brumley. The species is now widespread over the Perth metropolitan region on
Ficus
trees. QLD records of
R. distylii
are from Bamaga, 1999 col: P. Dangerfield, det: M. Carver.