Species Pyrrhyllis pyrrhyllis Kirkaldy, 1906
Compiler and date details
29.7.2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Pyrrhyllis pyrrhyllis Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [421].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM sex, quantity unknown (coll.: xi.1904), Bundaberg, Queensland.
Introduction
Little is known of this small species. Examination of the type material in BPB will help establish its identity.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Nymph: fungivore.
Diagnosis
Pale yellowish testaceous, more or less pallidly infuscate. Scutellum infuscate between the keels. Abdomen mostly blackish. Tegmina hyaline, pale smoky, basal veins dark brownish, costa and apical veins sanguineous. Vertex rather obscurely keeled medianly. Length: 3 mill to apex of abdomen; 4.5 to apex of tegmina. (Kirkaldy 1906)
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [421]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Aug-2010 | 12-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |