Reticulaphis Takahashi, 1958

Brumley, Cameron, 2020, A checklist and host catalogue of the aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) held in the Australian National Insect Collection, Zootaxa 4728 (4), pp. 575-600 : 595

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.